Well I don't know how this question will look like but I have to ask, because I need people's ideas in this situation that am in right now.
So here is my question, If you have a family member or a friend with gambling problem, as in he or she is so addicted to gambling to an extend what he or she thinks about is nothing but gambling, if he or she ran into financial problems and come to you to loan he or her money. are you going to loan the person the money?
Remember it's tough for a family member and a friend to watch their person with gambling problem run into financial problems and refuse to help.
And am also having this thought that if you bail a family member or friend with gambling problem, that they don't have to face the financial problems and they will continue to gamble, adding to future problems.
You can clearly see that he or she is highly addicted to Gambling which is a problem, helping he or she out by lending or giving money is adding more fire to the flame and thereby making him see his addiction to gambling as a normal thing, in this case I won't help with any money. If he or she is hungry I would rather buy the foodstuffs myself than giving him cash because he might gamble it all again and lands himself in a more deeper mess, so in summary I won't give or lend money to anyone addicted to Gambling. Gambling should be for fun and entertainment and not the other way around.