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In my opinion, gambling addiction has nothing to do with the success of the gambler. Based on the mathematical analysis of gambling in the long term almost every gambler will lose to the casino or bookmaker. What success are you talking about? We are all well aware that gambling is not a job, which means in this area will not be able to earn consistently. Today you are successful, and tomorrow you lose everything. Or am I wrong?
Agree with you. Success in gambling of one who plays gambling does not make the person not to be addicted. Addiction in gambling is one who can't stay without playing gambling it doesn't mean if the game comes out successfully or not . One who succeeds in gambling must be addicted to gambling because I don't think it will be easy for the person to stop gambling. People get addicted to gambling because of the money involved in it, if success can make someone play gambling all time that means it is addiction.
They are as addicted as we think but the difference is that they are able to control themselves from not overspending which is why even they are into gambling every day but still, they keep on limits. That is why they become successful and their bad experience taught them something about how to stay in gambling without compromising their finances. It could be different from what we literally understand about addiction but as we are in gambling, losses is very possible even though we are successful.