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It is hard to stop a stressed gambler because they have a goal that they're trying to reach.
And that's through making themselves win again and recover those losses.
But are they going to get that easy? no, but they are only adding more stress to themselves by doing and thinking like that.
Yes, the thing is that when a gambler starts with that conviction, that they need to win X amount of money for example, then that's when they might end up losing it all.
That's when a gambler might actually end up in financial ruin, because the longer they play, the more probable it is for them to lose it all.
It's just a matter of probabilities. The odds are against the gambler, so that means they will end up losing it all.