The reason why there are addicted gamblers is that most of them thought that gamble is a means of making profit or they think that gamble is an alternative way for someone to get rich without any effort of working. This orientation have blind folded a lot of people who are just coming into gambling.
Only few addicted gamblers got addicted because of using gamble to pass time. If anybody that is going into gamble is aware that gamble will only take what you have, and there is a slim chance of making profit in gamble, they will gamble responsible, and would not use big amount of money to bet that would affect their emotions to the extent of chasing their losses.
I agree with that, it is true that many gamblers become addicted because they misunderstand gambling. where they consider gambling as you said, thinking that gambling can provide money in the form of definite wins. and this is the problem of those who are addicted, they only think about winning but don't think about the percentage of losses which is greater than the percentage of wins. The fatal mistake at the beginning was to think that gambling was a way to make words in a short time. It is true that there is a chance to win, but winning at gambling is not completely easy to obtain, let alone according to your heart's desires, that is not true.
Gambling should be done responsibly for everything that happens, and we need to remember that winning or losing can make us interested in gambling again. winning at gambling can make us lulled and can trigger us to lose control which can lead to excessive gambling and end up losing more money. and gambling that ends in defeat can make us curious and possibly attract us to gamble again, therefore we must be able to control ourselves as best as possible in the gambling we do. If they are wise gamblers, they will not do things that will harm themselves, such as excessive gambling. and wise gamblers, in my opinion, can accept defeat well, not minding the defeat that occurs.
In my opinion, helping beginners not to get addicted is by telling them about the bad effects of gambling, and indeed there have been many cases that have occurred. remind them not to gamble excessively.