Re: Is it easy to be a responsible player?
It is very easy to be a responsible gambler, when you practice it from onset, then you will master the act of being responsible.
But if have been addicted along the line and you suddenly wants to be responsible, it will be a very difficult task to accomplish. So your question has a two face and as well will have a two faced answer of Yes and No.
I would also add it depends on how one discovered gambling and how much time one invested in gambling during the first session one had, by the way. Those how started to gamble and only spent some minutes before investigating what was gambling about will eventually develop more sense of responsibility than those who started by gambling during hours and hours without taking a single break from it. Those won't even investigate on the risks of gambling addiction and how the majority of gamblers are going to lose, so the house can be profitable in the long term, while paying the minority of winners.
Anyways, to each their own. As any other addiction, addiction to gambling is never to be under-estimated by anyone, I would not say it is easy, otherwise there would not be so many people with problems with gambling around the world.