Great article showing the real problems of gambling but I don't think that the industry itself is all to blame. People are grown-ups, they have to take full responsibility for their behaviors. When someone has addiction issues, he has to figure out the way to handle with these issues. No one said life's gonna be easy.
All of us have its own demons to fight with. No matter if caused by gambling, alcohol, drugs, shopping, eating or anything else. Finding the median is the key.
I definitely agree with this. It's not about the environment or whatsoever, it's about fighting yourself with the urge to do something you know that can harm us. We are old enough to know the consequences of our actions, and it's up to us if we will keep doing it and if we can handle possible consequences.
We are free to choose if we're going to gamble, drink alcohol, or even do drugs, and it's also our fault and responsibility if it will affect us negatively. So it's really not about the medium we are using, it's our own self-control.