Was addicted early in my senior high school days, I am always playing cards with my friends. We have to hide every time from basement to basement until the summer ends and we have to go resume school after. Every weekends I have to go to my friends house to ask whether they are interested and when I learn they moved on. Nothing else I can do but move on as well. Nothing serious to that addiction, another addiction takes over it.
That's really young. Personally, I never got into gambling addiction or even on early signs, even though I was surrounded by people who were, older folks, acquaintances, even friends that into gambling, usually cards and local games with 3 coins (hantak). We had billiard halls where card games were also played, but I never participated.
I’ve witnessed a gambling den get raided, and even saw an illegal carnival and cockfighting arena get shut down by local police. It was amusing to watch at the time, but when you realize how some people still gamble in secret despite the high risk of getting arrested, it really makes you think, is it worth the risk?