Is it harder to control gambling or limit it without falling into excess than to stop gambling forever?
Why is the effective strategy not moderation but absolute abstinence?
The issue of falling into addiction while gambling depends entirely on our greed level. Those who are greedy cannot control themselves and eventually become addicted to gambling, and at the same time, many times they have to take a total break from gambling.
Actually, if you look closely, you will see that only those percentages who are addicted are those who have a high level of greed, and because they have a high level of wealth, they gamble even after losing many times and then borrow again. I think it's better for these public figures to break from gambling. Because they will never be able to recover themselves, but rather will become addicted again if they are exposed to gambling.
What you said is true, besides that not everyone who gambles will definitely experience addiction because it depends on the level of greed as you said and with their own perspective on gambling, there are two possible different views.
First, with those who view gambling as something that can provide benefits in a short period of time, this perspective factor tends to make perpetrators addicted to gambling faster with other factors such as what you said with the level of greed or always feeling lacking when they have succeeded in winning.
With the second, those who view gambling as just entertainment without excessive expectations in the gambling they do. Usually people like this are wise in gambling, there is no behavior that leads to addiction such as continuously depositing money when they have lost, feeling dissatisfied even though they have made a profit or chasing victory.