I will agree with you that it is the poor gamblers that are seen as irresponsible gamblers because they dont have any funds to fall back at when they run at big loss. You will see them looking for someone to fet a loan from to satisfy their gambling urge and to also chase their losses. When it comes to addiction and self discipline these applies to both a poor and a rich gambler because if you are an addicted gambler,you will end up in excessive loss that will affect your financial bouyance. Set a time limit for your gambling activities and stop when it is time to stop,and only game with funds that you cam afford to lose,so that you don't start chasing your losses.
They must truly realize what they are doing is wrong and start learning to cure their addiction. Those who have not experienced a gambling addiction must learn to be responsible gamblers so that it does not affect their finances. It would be better if they could just leave gambling instead of having to use their money to gamble. If they have experienced a big loss from gambling, they should rest first and not gamble for a while to calm their minds after experiencing that big loss. Maybe problems will occur in our family environment if we get into the habit of gambling because it could cause friction between family members. Hence, this is something vulnerable that could happen to our family.
Poor people gamble with the hope that they might get a life-changing amount from their gambling activities since that will change their lives forever. That is the reason why they usually gamble despite not having a lot of money because that hope never dies, especially if you know that it is the only thing that gives you some hope for a change in your life and there is no other way for you to get a lot of money and get a better life for yourself and your family.
However, I don't recommend anyone this thing because gambling is not something that provides riches to almost everyone. So if there are a million poor people gambling, only a few out of them might manage to get something significant from it and others will simply be wasting their money.