There is one way for you to be able to overcome gambling addiction and I think it has not been mentioned by other people here, for the additional points you give in your argument, and this is also important in my opinion, when you work never save money wherever you can access , entrust your finances fully to your family, mother's wife or anyone you can trust to hold your money, and you want to stop gambling then they will understand what they have to do to help you quit the gambling addiction.
I give this advice to my neighbors, and that is effective to this day he has succeeded in eliminating gambling addiction fully.