Having a gambling friends or mate will make you to be addicted in gambling, so I believe that as a gambler, you need to follow your own ways of gambling method, do not have a group kind of gambling mates that might lead you to be addicted in gambling, in other way round once someone is addicted in the group other's may be indirectly be affected
In other way round, if you wants to make it in gambling you have to follow your own direction in gambling, and not basically depends on other people kinds of gambling.
Having friends who gamble doesn't mean you'll end up addicted. The most important thing is to have self-control and know your limits, especially when gambling involves gambling. Enjoy having fun with friends, but know when to stop. At the end of the day, it's just a game, and it should remain just fun.
The problem is indeed just about self-control, because I have friends who gamble.
There are 2 of my friends who both play in gambling, let's say Doni and Gery (pseudonym).
Doni prefers gambling because he just wants to find entertainment with gambling,
but does not use too much money and Doni knows where his limits are to gamble so that it does not disturb him mentally and there are no big losses.
While Gary is more intense in gambling and focus, he gets big wins with quite a lot of capital.
At first, he got the jackpot, but he forgot to stop and kept playing until eventually he lost his winnings as well as his initial capital and made him stressed and had some debt due to gambling.
Gambling is indeed just a game, and this will depend on each player whether he becomes a responsible player or not.
Because many end up regretting losing money in gambling, but some people just make gambling as entertainment.