As far as I know there are very few people who become addicted to gambling and share it with their family or others. What we typically see is that no gambler shares their addiction. They try to keep it secret as much as they can. A gambler will surely get a good solution when he shares this matter. Hiding only increases the problem so it is very important to share with others as much as possible. In some cases, it takes a long time for gamblers to identify the problem, so it is not possible to bring them back in time.
And the worst part is that gambling addiction itself can be very easy to hide, unless you were taking a look at the financial statements of the addicted gambler you will have no way to know that they are going through some financial problems.
While when it comes to other addictions it is very easy to tell at the early stages that there could be something going on that you are not being told, and this aggravates gambling addiction to the point that when those people finally ask for help, the consequences of their addiction are too severe and it will be difficult for them to ever make a full recovery.
That's for sure. Indeed, unlike a drug addict, where the symptoms of addiction are usually clearly visible to everyone, and especially close people at certain points in the line of behavior of such a person, a gamer practically does not differ from all normal and ordinary people in his behavior and it is possible to find out about this person’s gambling addiction only by disappearance of money from his account or from the family budget. This definitely makes it difficult to detect the disease at an early stage. Usually, at first, relatives are simply surprised and grumble that this player spends too much time at the computer or on the mobile phone, playing some kind of games. Often they do not even realize that the game is for money and not just what is called "out of interest". Such a player usually does not want one of his relatives to watch how they play and oppose this. But someone close to you should still show interest and see how he plays. And keep up with the player, because of course he will be dissatisfied and will drive away such an observer.
This is elementary advice for those who have only recently noticed that their loved one is already very addicted to gambling. Perhaps you will help to avoid serious consequences in gambling addiction.