With new sets of daily activities and with alternatives lifestyle, eventually the urge of gambling will be removed inside your system and from that you will be busy with other things and will allow you to complete free up yourself with gambling addictions.
The change in environment can bring in so many positive change in the personality of the person.
In our culture and religion we are advised to move and do not remain stagnant - because stagnant water and stagnant person are not not progressive.
but this is not what the question is all about , because in this there is an Gambling addiction that involved and not just changing place in which the person in question might still seek for gambling places even if he already transferred place because the desire to gamble is still there.
so best if he wanted to divert to another place then he must literally ready to migrate not only in location but also in lifestyle.
he must be ready not to find betting again and will live a new one in that particular location .