I think number is something that a lot of gamblers that are still at the Intermediate phase won't believe until they have had one or two experiences. At some point we've all had that delusional thought of becoming financially independent with gambling. If a strategy we came up with fails we move straight into another one, hoping that we'd get it right but just like you said gambling can never be a source of income. Even those with jobs that are earning still put in their hard earned money into gambling, it's a losing game.

If online casinos were really checking and trying to ensure that a gambler behind the screen is an adult, that business would not be so popular and profitable today. As long as people keep bringing and losing money, the casino does not care about the age of a gambler. They only start to care a little when gambler tries to withdraw large amount, his gambling session is short, he isnt much active on the platform and his playstyle is suspicious. Why online casinos does not bother about age check also, is because there is no strict supervisory authority and casinos licenses does not cost a lot.

I haven't heard any information or what casino does to the money of their customers that was blocked, but I believe that that the amount in that account that was blocked will be converted to theirs and withdrawn. Because the have access to peoples Casino accounts. I believe that as they can send fund to a casino they can also withdrawal fund from there site.

I barely see gambling ads on instagram too but since it's social media it can be used for promotion. But most times I see it on youtube when watching youtube videos and it can be annoying and then if you watch reelshots they have gambling ads a lot but gambling ads on instagram are not much I think they have strict advertising policy against it.

Unfortunately, i believe that becoming obsessed with something is a deeper problem than what we see on the surface.
If you don't get an addiction from gambling you'll get it from drugs or alcohol
It's not the game that makes you addicted, or the smoking or anything else, it's psychological problems that you haven't resolved and therefore it's easier to fall into.
This is according to my modest experience.

Diverting your thoughts to something different from gambling is not a permanent solution but only a short term solution that you might not be capable of doing someday when the desperate to gamble increase more. What you should be capable of doing is to not gamble at all regardless of not doing anything else. Learn to say no to gambling and train your body to not allow it get to a stage that when ever you see gambling activities going on, you want to participate too. Prevention of addiction can be done by controlling how you gamble for people that are already into gambling. Controlling your gambling schedules will help reduce how long you gamble and how much that you are losing and this can help prevent gambling addiction too.

For me, I think that there's a certain percentage of people that are addicted to gambling that it will eventually affect the economy but if it's not going to be a lot of people, I think that it will not affect the economy that much, maybe the local economy will be affected since there's more people that are using their money to gamble instead of spending their money regularly but a country's economy, it's unlikely that it's going to affect it drastically and gambling is a business industry that pays taxes so I don't think it's going to be a bad economy if everyone's gambling, Macau would've gone up into flames a long time ago if gambling was bad for the economy.

Even when you have entered into full addiction to the game you can get out of it, there are much worse addictions that are defeated daily. One above all the excessive addiction to tobacco, I could tell many stories of those who for health reasons had to give up tobacco.
It takes willpower!

This is where many gamblers actually go wrong. They know they should control their emotions properly but they don't do it in their actual gambling. That is because they can't remove the greed and addiction from their character in reality.

But if they start doing this little by little even by limiting our gambling money, we won't notice that we will gradually be able to control ourselves.

You can’t guarantee being successful in gambling but you can be able to have a good gambling experience with that tips, I can just consider the tips to be a way to play safe in gambling rather than a means to win the bookie since it’s an already a known fact that we can’t win against bookies no matter how much we try and the type of strategy we try to use.

Nobody will be happy losing, all money spent no matter how little was worked for and deserves to be utilized properly. Gambling with what you can be able to lose, does no justice when the gambler repeatedly lose money, losing consecutively will become a problem and most people appreciates taking a break out from gambling for some time, maybe returning again will give them hedge over their casino or sports book. If the little amount spent on gambling for long days of losing, accumulatively in days and weeks will amount to a big figure.

It is normal, many times many parents don't want their children to gamble and many parents don't like gambling so children don't sit without gambling. Now if I understand gambling well and if I am an adult and if my family and my parents don't like my gambling then I can play this game without telling them. As we get the benefit of online casino, we can easily gamble with our smart phone or any other device and no one will know about it unless I tell about it. I gamble but I don't like to tell anyone about this because here I am risking my money so why should I tell others about this and why will everyone discuss or criticize me. So if there is such pressure from one's family, I think one should gamble secretly without arguing with his family.

Probably, especially those who already made an easy money from gambling, coz it will be a distraction to them as they will keep gambling until it affects their mental emotions and become stressed as well, wherein no time to study and their only goal and focus is to make money on gambling. That's why for me it's not advisable for students and they must be banned in any gambling platform.

I don't think it makes much difference, although the more you play a game, the more familiar it becomes, so there is a small chance of predicting some moves or results, but there is no guarantee that you will win just by playing a game a lot. Variety is always a good option, I think the maxim of “don't put all your eggs in one basket” fits well with this too.

Almost all parents are always against their kids gambling, until one made a fortune from gambling, this happened so close to me and the father almost disown his son because of gambling, now they are best friends.

Just because an idea sounds very bad doesn't mean some people won't find their ways through it, either by luck or not, my parents were against gambling too but they know me better than anyone else, I learn faster, when something doesn't favour me I always be careful with it.

Now they are less worried, and things that are too good to be true can't deceive me, I am a very contented fella, and this is why I hardly get scammed online too, I give gambling only what I can afford to lose, and also it is just a part of my free time, something I called fun.

Actually it is quite simple if you want to know how to avoid stress when gambling, namely stop gambling (that's all but most find it difficult to admit because they always want to involve gambling in it).

What you do by watching a movie is one of the most effective diversion ideas, especially for those who like action movies or  adventures with a season that can reach 20 episodes. That is very suitable because you will be busy with a long duration until you don't have free time to gamble. Because based on experience, the thing that can best help you get out of the stress of gambling is to have other activities outside of gambling.

It is impossible to make a living solely on gambling without earning money from other sources. It is not possible to earn a regular income from gambling, and even if it is possible, one will have to face losses in one way or another, as a result of which all the profits made in the past will be gone in an instant, leaving no money to support the family. A family cannot survive a single moment without enough money to support them.

Just as you have stated, casino owners won't want to waste resources on what they think won't be beneficial to their customers, which could be the reason why they don't value having an active app, but there are still a few sets of gamblers who love to use applications more than the web; no matter how mobile-friendly the casino is built to be, it can't serve the same purpose as the app does for them.

If it's possible, I will say casinos that have the resources should also consider app development since they are open to serving all customers.

Analysis can not always assure you winning because gamble is based on luck, your analysis only helps you get closer to your luck. However sometimes if you felt that the game is a trap, then there isn't a need to bet on them either because you are not sure of the out come as the game haven't ended. You should just play and enjoy the fun instead of having higher hopes on your game because you think the strategy you use to predict the game would make the bet become successful.

Once you get trapped in the loop of chasing your losses it can make your addiction very hard to stop. Most people engage in long sessions of gambling not because they just want to gamble continuously they are just trying tirelessly to get back what they lost. A gambler can be on his computer or phone gambling for than an hour, the moment you get into that mental trap it's hard to escape. Nothing is impossible though, even on this forum they are gamblers that share their experiences and how they overcame their uncontrollable addiction, anyone struggling with this should take out time to read and apply those things, it might be helpful.