It somehow reminded me of stories about some gamblers who resorted to borrowing money from their relatives and friends to continue gambling with the hope of winning back the money they lost in the casinos. I guess it is better for gamblers to learn how to stop gambling and cut losses early if they found themselves starting to borrow money to gamble as the chances for them to recoup their losses are very low.
That is the worse effect on trying to put your money at stake especially if you can't afford to lose that money, you would do everything or sacrifice just to bring back what you have lost. Well it might also connected to the phrase
"if you quit that's when you lose" . It's actually depends on the person, on how they can handle the regrets on losing something if they would learn to not do it again or would do anything just to bring it back. Always remember that gambling could give you a result of win or lose, that's on you already if you can't accept the fact that you risked your money. Always have a limit on yourself on everything because too much is too much.