If addiction goes severe then high chances that you would really be ending up with this point where you would be finding ways even commit crimes as long you could able to satisfy your gambling
addiction and its true that its better to avoid it as much as you could or early as you can so that you would able to make yourself avoid on these kind of circumstances on which
it would really make your life even way more miserable.Dont let gambling addiction do affect the way of life that you do have before.
I doubt very much that someone who becomes addicted to gambling would go on to commit crimes if they were not previously a criminal.
Spending more money than they could afford, yes, even taking out loans too, but going to mug someone to keep gambling? I doubt it very much, and I have never heard of such cases. The maximum maybe taking money out of a shared account with the wife or a family member to keep gambling, but not committing crimes like a junkie who has withdrawal symptoms and does whatever it takes to buy more heroine.