Probably one of the main reasons is profit, so if you find any form of investment that can replace it, keeping you focused on other things, it might work. Sometimes, you just need to focus on something different, with potential to bring you benefits.
It would somehow help to find another source of profit but it would be a hard part to the gambler itself because for sure he would definitely choose gambling among others since he is already addicted in to it. In the long run those gamblers would realize that they are already lossing to much money and when the time comes that they have no money to spent already then its the time of regretting. So we must quit gambling as early as we can , as long as we are aware on what we are doing.
