If they only play for three hours on weekends, I don't think it's a problem, but if they play every day for three hours on a regular basis, then it's a problem, and I think they're addicted. And of course, addiction is a mental illness, because they can't control themselves properly. Instead of wanting to make money by gambling, it only makes them lose money and even then with addiction that can make them lose a lot of money. And indeed it is their own loss.
With their addiction to gambling it clearly makes them miserable, with the bad effects that are not playing can make them so destroyed their lives, and can even have an impact on their own families. With the addiction they experience, in my opinion, the impact can indeed spread to their family or closest people who do not know anything. Someone who is addicted will not admit that they are addicted to gambling. So they just think what they do is not wrong even though it harms and harms them.
I think that even if a person plays every day, without weekends and holidays for 1 - 1.5 hours a day, then this can also be considered a gaming addiction. This, of course, causes concern for all family members of such a player, especially since it is obvious to everyone that in 95% of such players they constantly lose their money. There are, of course, a few players, one might say professionals, who try to make money during daily play, but this can stop at any time, even if it lasts long enough. The question is at what point should you stop so as not to lose what you won. This is where the player’s professionalism is needed. But even super pros sometimes make mistakes. But they do it so that this does not turn into a complete disaster and complete impoverishment of the player.
I would also like to note about daily gambling that it is quite difficult to convince such a player to stop playing and not play on certain days or play two or three days a week. I think everyone who has encountered such a problem understands that he will not listen to such advice, and if you turn off the computer, the player may have a nervous breakdown and in general everything will be even worse.
That's true, even though they are professionals, that doesn't mean they are always right with their actions and choices, of course they can make mistakes, playing games or gambling is almost the same, but maybe if the game doesn't cost you a certain amount of money, even though there are some games that do require funds. that we have to spend. But the point is you have to be able to maintain a balance in your time, if you play too often it's not good. especially with gambling which can be addictive and addiction can actually harm us and affect our life circumstances. and it can even influence other things, it's certainly not the right choice and action to gamble every day, even though there are people who say the more often you gamble, the closer you are to winning, in my opinion that's just nonsense.
when they gamble every day then it is clear that it is an indication that they are addicted to gambling and indeed if it is like that then it will be difficult to stop, even if the gambling they do ends in defeat but they don't just stop, they still continue to gamble to be able to get a victory that is expected to cover all the losses they have experienced previously. When they are addicted, of course they will experience changes, one of which is that their attitude may become more stubborn and tend not to care about other people's advice, even if it comes from their own family members.