I may be seeing things wrongly, because what I see is that most people who are involved in gambling are people who focus too much on games and move away from other people and as a consequence of this attitude they move away from other people. , they become people with serious problems socializing with other people, this happens even with a person who has been in a job for many years and when they start to play games of chance or even normal games, I'm talking about computer games, Playstation, xbox and other consoles the person starts to dedicate all their time to games and starts to distance themselves from the workplace. for example, let's say a person works in a company for more than 10 years and in these 10 years he has made many friends
On the weekends he goes out with his work friends to have fun, but one day he discovers casino games and starts playing, he has to work on weekdays so he has little time to play, so he starts playing all day on weekends and telling his friends at work not to look for him because he is busy, this type of behavior can be seen in many people who work and then get involved with games, and it doesn't stop there, After he starts to ignore his friends, he starts to ignore his relatives and if he has a wife and children, he also starts to ignore them. Even in cases where the person is not yet dominated by addiction, the behavior of this gambling is exactly as I described.
By this I mean that I do not agree that players are very social people who can think critically, to have critical thinking they would need to be people who are more focused on their work and who pay a lot of attention to the company's employees and how the company works, something that It's difficult for many players, because they just focus on the games, the only thing that goes through their heads is that they finish their job early and they rush to play early. I saw some people in my country who are like this, they always think that the days must pass quickly to get to the weekend because there is no work at the company on the weekends, so they have more time on the weekends to play.
The brain works differently for every player, and not all would possess the benefits gotten through gambling. Many players already envision gambling as a bad habit hence, they careless about its benefits. Your illustration best describes naive indoor gamblers, who, by locking themself in a room, are moved by the funds over the fun and benefits they could earn. Wishing to be left alone. Young video game players, face this type of challenge. Yet, contrarily, they'll still find it very fun to discuss the game with peers, who also have the game. PC games and online gambling can help critical thinking, but derails socializing. Especially with non gamer. Why do CEOs and top managers of companies participate in offline gambling? because they're lots of gamblers topping their industry. I've played Poker with managers topping US companies. And they've been gamblers even before reaching the managerial seat. I made this point, to help readers understand that despite being gamblers they still climbed ahead of others in the company. How do you expect such a player in your illustration to be successful. If they can't control their gambling habit. In gambling and in their work place they'll definitely fail. There is always lots of time for people to gamble. These type of people bring bad name to gambling. Because they lack being focused in executing their daily task. It doesn't happen to gamblers alone. Take for instance, an employee that has an appointment to see his girlfriend during the weekend. If he has less self control, wouldn't he act like the gambler you just described? Such people can't delay gravity, and it has nothing to do with gambling or video games.