A Shanghai man was sentenced to prison for kidnapping his own granddaughter so he could maintain his gambling addiction with the ransom money...........................
Such stories still exists in our present day? Gambling has broken families and pushed addicts to take numerous risky measures all in the name of being capable of wager. What would his child think if he saw a mature man take his granddaughter for ransom, not to settle bills or loans, but to gamble? It's ridiculous. Gambling at that age implies that he is a full-time gambler and will face the wrath of the law in prison. I doubt he'll survive the conditions over there; he's old and may never see his granddaughter again because they'd be too frightened to get close to him.
This is an example that indeed gambling addiction can have a negative impact on committing a crime so you can get some money to continue gambling.
But this is a case that cannot be taken lightly because he kidnapped his own grandson and demanded ransom from his own son.
It is better to limit gambling immediately if we cannot control it in the future so that we do not do reckless or criminal things.