This is why in some cases we still have gamblers who don't chase after losses or gains and in the end become addicts.
you can do a test for yourself, if you have 5 friends who have been playing at casinos, be it a physical casino or an online casino, first ask them how often they play, then ask them if they can stop playing for 2 months, you will hear things like: I don't have problems with gambling, I can stop whenever I want, so you teach him and ask him if he can start from today until 60 days without gambling, you will see that they will say yes, but none of them will keep what they are promising, as they know that you won't be able to monitor them so they will keep playing because they think it's okay to not keep a promise
the truth is that there are many more gambling addicts than we realize, the problem is that only a small number of gambling addicts get to a serious stage where they start stealing money to support the addiction or else selling all their possessions to sustain the addiction, but the number of gambling addicts is much higher than we imagine, this is not just about gambling, alcohol probably has the highest number of addicted people and who unfortunately do not admit that they are addicted to alcohol , I see many young people in my neighborhood who spend consecutive days consuming alcoholic beverages
And the same can be said about other things like video games, shopping, pornography and a multitude of other behaviors and substances, and yet despite the severity of the situation it does not seem as if this tendency could be reversed any time soon.