[When a person is in trouble - be it financial or personal - they learn and make their decisions.
But - having said that - its also good not to be greedy for money and its also not good to have money on your mind all the time. this lust is crazy - try to avoid it as much as possible.
But the thing is different when it comes to gambling addiction. Gambling addicts have this uncontrolled urge to gamble, so definitely their priority is to fulfill this urge, and not to learn from their mistakes. Gambling problems won't be a problem if players can adjust and learn from their mistakes and make favorable decisions for betterment. Aside from that, gambling addiction won't be an issue if your statement is correct, and the government does not need to spend millions of dollars just to create a program to aid those who are addicted to gambling.