I wish I could have posted this in a more better place but since the thoughts came from gambling addiction, I thought it wise to ask this question over here and I hope we can discuss and get this straight.
Just as the tittle already ask, I really want to know if people who are successful in gambling also seen as addicts because I believe for one to be successful in gambling or whatever they choose to do, there must be some good amount of time and effort invested in it as well as money and we know that a successful gambler must have invested both time, effort and even money to make any reasonable winning and these also are features of an addict as there are always excessive time spent on a betting site.
Now let's be sincere, will you also classify a successful gambler as an addict?
People on the pro scene especially those who play Poker couldn't really be considered as addicts, cause for one, they don't lose money when they play. Another factor that causes me to not think that they are addicts is the fact that they are sponsored by their team, and they have a real skill that brings them wins, which then in turn causes them to play more, gambling addicts on the other hand are inadvertently stuck in a perpetual loop of gambling and chasing after wins because they don't know how to stop, and they can't settle with the fact that they are not as skilled as they think they were, which turns into losses.
Plus Poker Pros know when to stop, a lot of them take home their earnings and if they couldn't bag a win they know from the get go to stop from there and ensure that they don't incur any more losses. They instead go back to the drawing board, and practice more. You can't see this happening in games where there are many gambling addicts.