Yes, it is only when someone knows about how to properly treat gambling properly, it does not depend on what their financial situation is, meaning regardless of whether they are poor or not they will still be safe if they know how to treat gambling properly and that should be the approach that every gambler should have if they want to stay safe in the long run as you said.
But on the other hand unfortunately there are always some people who misunderstand gambling which is because from the start they are too serious in responding to the chances of winning in gambling so that their focus is diverted, or what I mean is that it is very easy for them to ignore various precautions which should be more prioritized for safety.
It is right because as long as that person can handle his gambling activity and not rush in playing gambling, he will reminds that he can only have fun in gambling and not use too much money. Besides that, he will not visit the casino when he doesn't have much money to playing gambling because he knows that he needs that money to buy his primary needs.
He know that gambling is not solve poverty problem so he will seek the other ways to make money. Those people who still use gambling to make money needs to aware that they are wrong and needs to search for the other way to make money.
Responsible person will think ahead and see what's more important before sparing money with entertainment like gambling, but in the otherhand there are people who thinks that combining their entertainment and a source of making money leads them to make a mistake and lose a lot to the point that they'll ends up ruined their finances.
Like what you said, knowing how to deal with gambling will lead you to the right spot and prevents you losing more money than what you can afford to let go.
He will not spends his money in gambling because he see that will not gives him a big chance to win from gambling. He know that gambling is not solve poverty problem but triggers for the other problem to comes so he really needs to limits his gambling activity or search for other ways to make money. He can playing gambling for fun but that will not be too often as that can makes him lose much money.
Yes, knowing how to deal with gambling will be right decision for us to stay away from the gambling problem. It needs awareness from each people to realize the real matters from gambling.
Some gamblers are depicted as those who place bets despite having no money. They think that since they don't have money, gambling can make up for it and gamble with the money that can not afford to loss. Those who need money do these things more. When they lose, they are more at risk. There is a general idea among them that if they win, they can use that money to solve their needs, but in such situations, gamblers losing ratio is very high. Those gamblers forget that gambling is not a place of income. Maybe many people can earn a lot of money by luck but in reality not everyone is lucky.
Those who needs money may use gambling and thinks that gambling is a way to solve their matters. But they will see that only makes them lose their money and without winning any money. They must realize that winning in gambling is not easy and they must risks their money to win which is not have a big guarantee to win and makes money. There will be a big risk to lose their money in gambling so all people who still playing gambling must think about that. If they think that gambling is not a way to earn money, they will need to leave it and only playing gambling for fun.