I do think these people need help to realise they have made a misstep and need to turn back and go a different direction, there are some groups which try to help but its hard to unlearn bad habits like this.
The Manilla case is especially terrible and suggests he should have got help a long time before somehow.
Exactly, instead of loosing continuously it is better to quit after losing some money, otherwise, you will lose your peace of mind. If you keep gambling after losing then you have to face the loss, we have to give up there is no choice for us.