I cannot speak for other people, but I am a very disciplined gambler. I have a weekly "entertainment" budget for gambling, so I make sure that I pay all my expenses first and then allow for a small portion of my remaining budget to go towards "gambling".
The problems start when you start to dive into the budget for the other things for which you have to pay for.... and when you use that for gambling. I hope other people will follow the same strategy to prevent "gambling addiction" problems.
Having a gambling budget is a good idea, some people do not see this with good eyes as they think that for a person to have some money destined to gambling already then that person must have some problems with their gambling, but in fact it is the opposite, those which have a budget for their gambling activities are the ones that have the most control over their gambling as if at any moment they spend their gambling budget then they stop gambling immediately and then do something else to entertain themselves.The problems start when you start to dive into the budget for the other things for which you have to pay for.... and when you use that for gambling. I hope other people will follow the same strategy to prevent "gambling addiction" problems.