Advice when you are going a bit far in gaming and betting
The major issue is that the victims don't often realise they are going farther in gambling and betting. It is the friends or relatives around that will keep telling them that they are deviating from norms but they will hardly understand and agree. It is only when it has gotten to extreme that the victim will realise and begin seek for help. At this time it is addiction which may likely be cured or not.
It is best when everyone has that one friend they listen to who can advise them whe they are going on the wrong lane.
The thing is a habit is easy to be developed but very hard to quit, and most time people fail to acknowledge their habit even though it's bad so far they're making profit from it, for instance it would be very difficult to talk a friend or relative who makes daily profit of $100 or more from gambling out of it because he or she has already taken it as a stream of earning, sometimes it takes them to make mistakes and learn from it because then they'll realise the harmful effect of their bad habits. but there's no harm in trying to encourage them out of it before they make mistakes especially when you're a very close relative of the person cause a terrible mistake by them might also affect you too.
There are some other people who figure out there addiction themselves and even know the consequences if they don't take corrections but have refused take accountability of it sometimes due to pride, the requirements demanded of them to desist from such addiction, or even feeling too big to be advise by family members especially when they're the eldest.
An addiction is not very easy to quit so as a family or friend or relative to an addicted person,you have to tolerate their character also be patient with them till they repent from it, while letting them know the consequences of their addiction, encourage them to go for counselling or therapy,introduce them to activities that would distract them from gamblimg, like movies, hiking, picnics etc.