In the past week, I've been watching confessions and sad stories of slot players on YouTube. How did they lose everything, from a motorbike, house, cars, gold, and savings, just to play slots? As a player myself, I can't fathom how this game sucks away so much money and forces people to ruin their lives in a relatively short time. I remember one of the guys got wrecked in less than a week. I thought slots would only ruin someone's life if they were a regular customer and played every day without taking a piss or something.
The reasons may vary from person to person, such as chasing losses, greed, emotions, etc., but the next step they took is all the same, i.e., betting way more than usual. It all begins with the x100 - x1,000 minimum bet that they usually do. For example, I usually bet $0.1/spin, and then x100 - x1,000 means that I bet $10 - $100/spin. That's stupid! One guy took a loan with his house as collateral for $5,000 only to lose it in a few hours.
Wait... Did you just say force people to ruin their lives? Damn, that is allegation on slots providers. People choose to ruin their own life playing without applying caution. These games are fun to play when are you playing it moderately and not trying to chase your lose or being control by greediness. From the example in your post, it's obvious you are allowed greed to control you and after falling for the trap, you end up chasing your loses that will lead to more loses and probably losing your properties too.
But how on this planet will any sane person take loan just to gamble? Like what is their thoughts on gambling? Probably, they thought losing in gambling is just a fallacy and doesn't exit. He used his hand to dig his own grave, it's actually painful to hear things like this but it is good, probably, others would learn from their mistakes and desist from making similar decisions.