Here completely agreed about this with mostly peoples broke up due to gambling specially while peoples done this all without having limits, or they are going to chase their loses which hurt badly but peoples those mostly go with their own limits and never have any intention to chase their loses have nothing problems like these because they can control their emotions and mentality from things like these which prevent them from having any serious trouble in life.
Addiction has never been good because this usually bring more troubles and life ruined with this, even now due to recent social media evolution things are going terrible while peoples wants more intention and doing things which are never been good for the better life and good future.
People broke up because they can hold themselves when playing gambling and they thinks that they can make money from gambling. That mindset needs to be changed before they ruin their lives without they can realizes. Playing gambling is just for fun and you used it when you have free time so you will not have a problem. You will not wants to chase the win because you already knows that winning in the gambling is not easy and depends on your luck which you knows that luck will not always besides you.
You will avoids addiction by apply many things to protects yourself from the chance to becomes addicted to gambling. You already see what happens with people who addicted to gambling and how to manages himself to avoids the addicted. If you don't have much free time, you will not playing gambling and will select the other activity to fills your spare time.