Lately this has become a trend in Philippines, as the government are trying to help everyone there not to become addicted. After they have done what they planned on doing to regulate the situation, they should also provide a solution to help those that are already addicted because most of them have been overwhelmed by gambling and they think their life depends on it. If there's any means to make the casinos in th country to add self exclusion service, it can help those that are not yet addicted.
The government is very unpredictable, they've been allowing too much gambling platforms to Philippines, and they make it very accessible to many Filipinos and now here's what happened. I can say that it's not only the fault of the citizens, but the Government itself played a part on why gambling is a trend here. I'm not into gambling much, I'm very responsible and to my perspective, the one who should be blamed is the government for being incompetent and didn't anticipate this will happen. This is gambling 101, even the past years this is an issue, and we should be knowledgeable how to manage things but since some are corrupt, they took advantage of this and let their people suffer the consequences.