Those who are rich and like to live alone have no friends those type of people suffer from loneliness. People do many types of works for move on from loneliness. But doing gambling and move on form loneliness it's harmful for your economical condition. Find another way to move on from loneliness. Spend time with family friends etc.
Loneliness can make various kind of addiction in a person it can be gambling it can be any kind of drug. But in the case of gambling I think loneliness can be cause of the addicted gambling. Here also Many times a person becomes addicted to excessive gambling but becomes lonely and later blames it on gambling. I think this is what is seen in the above topic