As a gambler, will you find it offensive if you are referred to as a gambling addict? will you easily accept it or try to give excuses like some other people do, saying that they are not addicted to gambling when the signs are clearly there. Do you think identifying as an addicted gambler will make people stereotype you. The answer is different for every gambler here.
If someone calls me an addicted gambler, I will definitely protest because I am not an addicted gambler. Moreover, gambling is looked down upon in many societies. To ask such a question is a direct insult. If I were an addicted gambler I would never reacted on this issue. But since I'm not, to say I'm an addicted gambler means I can't control myself, I am wasting a lot of money etc. associated with an addicted gambler which is difficult for any responsible gambler to accept the word.