Army teaches patience, discipline and giving life for the country. I don't understand how an army man can become addicted to gambling. Anyway to my knowledge I have never seen anyone get rich from gambling. Gambling is an addiction. When he is repeatedly losing gambling, he should have quit gambling.
If the person I am referring to had not gambled in online casinos and invested this amount of money in bitcoins, he would have made a substantial half profit today, even after paying off his debts.
You are correct. If he was not a gambler and had invested in bitcoin, he could have easily paid off the debt and made a good financial profit.
Unfortunately, as Op said, he didn't invest in Bitcoin, even if he invested in Bitcoin, it's likely he wouldn't have that much debt because his debt came from gambling. Gambling without control does have a bad impact even though it is used for entertainment, but if it continues to be done repeatedly it will make the economy even worse. Everyone can certainly assess the benefits of investing compared to gambling. Gambling will be comfortable when players can limit themselves and are aimed at seeking entertainment rather than gaining multiple profits from it