A person who sees gambling as just a form of entertainment will definitely be able to avoid its addiction, problems in gambling only arise when you see gambling with the wrong mindset.
Indeed, as long as you have that same intent you will be able to enjoy your gambling participation, exceed to what you normally engaged that's the beginning where you will overspend both time and money and can lead you to a much worse situation.
Here, you actually have to keep your mindset and intention right and limit the amount of gambling, even though it is difficult, you must follow it.
It is a must to keep your intention intact, tough to compete against your ownself when already exceeded from the set setup.
You have to learn to accept losses, this is the most important thing, because gambling is something where losses will happen, losses can never be avoided, and for this reason, if you do not have the mindset to accept them, then you should refrain from gambling.
Accept and move forward, that's the best thing to do when you engage yourself into gambling, there's always a negative side if you don't know how to follow and practice that set limitation that you design for your gambling,.