Hi Chris
If you haven’t done so, I would recommend a you tube video. The search is under gambling addiction. It is a video of a man in an MRI machine, He is using a device replicating video roulette. Long and short of the video is it shows how the “pleasure” centers of the brain are continuously stimulated during machine play (win or lose) which is why many of us get hooked. I personally never felt an itch to play a machine, but one day out of boredom I figured “why not”, and gave it a go. Six months later, many thousands of dollars, and major damage to my marriage… I recognize more than ever “why not”.
Best of luck stay strong
Johnny B
