Lol! Good initiative by the people, but I feel that such parades do very little to help out of control gamblers fight their addictions. What truly matters the most is inner willpower in these cases.
The ones that possess strong willpower can overcome their gambling addiction while the ones with weak willpower will probably never overcome this issue.
Many times, why there have been a lot of setbacks in the recovery processes for addicts is because many of them are not willing to fight the addictions this could be as a result of third-party pressure to quit active gambling.
So for sure, the individual himself must first of all have the willingness to quit before talking anyone into believing that he is taking constant steps towards defeating the hold of addictions.