The other video that I saw that he was not even present with the delivery of his first and second kid, he was done gambling and trying to make money for the hospital bills but it turns out that he losses in both time.
I am quite sure that the guy is just making excuses when he says that he is gambling to make money for the hospital to save face. If someone needs money, he will not gamble it instead he will ask his friends for financial help to add to the money he is currently holding that time. Only a gambling addict will gamble the money that is allocated for hospital bills and say the reason that he does it is to increase his funds.
There are lots of cases of gambling addiction on the internet. Simply searching the youtube will give us documentaries of people who are addicted to gambling. Some videos of this search result[1] is probably worth watching since it give a proper thorough explanation of how gambling addicts is, reactions, and solution, even the cause of addiction is also tackled in some of the video listed on the search.
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https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gambling+addiction