i found a research which identified four psychological traits contributing to risk for problem gambling. these are the four Es:
escape, esteem, excess and excitement.
escape: when people try to find an escape from stress and all their other problems through gambling, more problem arises and addiction happens
esteem: when people try to find their value through materialistic things and wins in gambling, addiction happens
excess: when people gamble excessively, that is when addiction happens
and excitement: people get excitement from gambling and they no longer know how to stop and that's when addiction happens
this is my understanding of the four Es. do you agree or no?
I think nowadays there is no one that has no stress in their daily lives as everything is more difficult than it was before, so everyone can be a target of these four things you mention here, I strongly believe the first one which is escape is the one who makes a lot of people from any background to flow to gambling. The other three then it is a natural flow I think once these people have come to gambling. It is very difficult to get out of something that makes your brain emit dopamine which make people feel very good about themselves. However as I said the main reason is the level of stress which should be fought by everyone to not come to gambling as an escape because once a gambler always a gambler.