One of the solutions which is recommended by most gamblers on this forum for gambling addiction is "Therapy" . Professional help in the form of therapy. It is good and very effective but how many persons can actually afford it? There is a fee for each session that lasts for a duration of 60minutes. And there are more than one session. Therapy for gambling addiction is expensive. How can those who are unemployed afford it?
There are free services that active gamblers can take advantage of, although it is not the same for paid people as for free ones. The question is how can unemployed people or people who don't have money get addicted to gambling? Don't addicted gamblers usually have the money to get involved in it because there is no way for people to be addicted to gambling but don't have the money to gamble.
The therapy in question can also be carried out by the family at home, although it is not the same as the pattern used by professional therapy, but at least simple things can be done alone at home with the family.
Those that are addicted will find a way to get some money to keep their addiction going, and this is something that we see with drug addicts very often, after all those substances are very expensive so it would be easy to think that soon enough those people will run out of money and they will be forced to get clean for a time, even if they do not want to do it.
However a person with that kind of urge to consume those substances can become incredibly resourceful, and they will find a way to get money no matter what.