Stealing? Of cos it will get to that point, it's what most gamblers who have no source of income would do, even those that have and spend it all on gambling still result into forcefully taking things from strangers, especially when they have a debt to pay up.
What is most scary about gambling is the hunger you feel even after it almost ruined you, imagine having to work any job just to spend it all on gambling, thinking that you will escape poverty if you keep trying your luck, and yet you always end up doing the hard job over and over again.
Gambling can turn you into a slave without you knowing, this is why people need to be at their most alerted awareness state to make sure that gambling don't take over their lives, it's even more scary to see children between the age of 15 and 19 using all they have to gamble when they don't have any source of income, it will be harder to stop an addict at such age.
Gambling and its consequences can convert a life into a dangerous gamble of hard effort, bet, lose, repeat. A carousel with flashing lights that makes you dizzy and poorer after each trip. A terrible lottery where you lose part of yourself each time, no?
Education, a royal flush idea. How about crash lessons on taming that itchy betting finger? Adding knowledge to the game to prevent the house from winning. Parents and society must build barriers to protect children from gambling so they dont get caught in it. A safe bet?
That age is still very vulnerable to knowing gambling, although the OP says that he considers what the person is doing gambling responsibly, but with the age that is still in the stages of mental development and the principle of life will have a bad impact on the future they have The child after he grew up when accompanied by gambling.
Yes, we must be how the end of the story about people who are equipped with gamblers from the age of growth, and especially to steal, even though it is his right but such a way is not a good thing for being done by a child at his age.
There is no bet man, and there is no way to beat the house, unless you are really lucky, it is the most difficult thing. Parents must have more attention to their children so that something does not happen to their children and only think about defeating the house, including gambling at an unstable age and growth period, they really have to be monitored.