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Exactly, if they already affecting other people and they are messing with them, that's another level of addiction, and we all know that it can really push a person to something that they are not doing in a usual way, something that most the time surprises those people around them, they are unable to figure it out if why that addicted person manage to go that far and do things unexpectedly.
Yes, the problem starts with the gambler but it can quickly escalate to people connected to the gambler, like family and friends, and people that actually depend on that person.
It is a tricky thing, but sometimes people end up in a bad situation