From what I see in my environment, it is not that they don't get help from other people to make them aware that what they are doing has gone beyond the limits, but they have not been able to realize this, so the advice that comes to them also cannot be accepted. well.
As I said before, they must first realize and accept that they already have bad habits from their gambling activities. So it becomes difficult to bring them to their senses even though there is a lot of help coming to them.
When a mind is made of making money from gambling, any other secondary advices becomes useless, that's why the addicted gamblers that you see that they hardly accept advice, it's not about the environment alone, their own mindset has been made of making money, anything that comes later is none or their business.
Addiction is a big challenge for many gamblers, you can change them unless they are ready to change for good, if they don't change there is nothing an individual can do to help them.
Yes, of course this is something that will return to their mindset as gamblers. Do they consider gambling as a "job" that can bring them money, or do they just use gambling as a place to have fun?
So the consequences are also different when they consider gambling as a place to make a profit, because they will be out of control and will later turn them into gambling addicts. They must be able to realize things like this themselves, because this is their decision.
You're right,
How a gambler chooses to approach gambling plays a very vital role on how gambling affects the person, whether positive or negative.
That's whyany people gamble but the effect of gambling I'm their lives are often different from person to person, and this is because of each person chooses to consider and approach gambling.
When a person considers gambling as a way to have fun and relieve stress,it's often quite difficult for them to get addicted and experience terrible losses, because whether they lose or win, they've still had a share of the fun but it's quite different from those who consider gambling as a source of income( especially those without the required experience and facilities). You'll observe that these people are often more interested in the outcome of the game and when you become too attached to the outcome, your emotions start getting entangled and you gradually start losing control along the line.