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The issue of gambling addicts is large, it's positive to some and negative to others, it's the second set that is feeling the brunt and needs help. I will never support anything that is affecting anyone negatively and the person still doing it, people should always observe themselves and try to shun or reduce anything that seems to retard them. In gambling, desperation is the main cause of addiction, they would want to win by all means, and the more they lose, the more they either believe that there is hope to win or are emotional to try to recover back their losses.
Either way, when you know that you are betting and increasing risk and still losing, you might want to take a break. And if you know you can't control this, you should share it with people or get extra help as you might have been so addicted to the extent that you'd crossed the red line.
Addiction, be it gambling or any other, can't give positive results. If by "positive results" you mean winning some money, then it's even worse. A gambling addict winning a big amount only becomes more addicted to gambling. It's horrible. No money will help you to live happily then. Well, if the money were spent on expensive therapy, it
could help. But other than that it's a tragedy.
Money is nothing more than fuel for an addiction, it is because of this that among celebrities the number of deaths related to drugs is so high, as a regular person would have reached rock bottom a long time ago but celebrities are so rich they can get away with all kind of negative behaviors.
So by the time they try to do something about their addiction it is simply too late and they end up paying the highest price, so in a way the lack of money of the average person gives them a slight protection and it forces them to realize their addiction problems earlier.