I think its hard to tell who will get into gambling and who will turn it into a problem. I used to be into live Poker (I skipped the whole online thing). It never became a problem because 1. It didn't consume my life, and 2. I wasn't a bad player and probably broke even over 10 years or so. Eventually got kind of bored of it and just play with friends now. I brought a few friends to the poker room after they expressed interest in learning. Unfortunately, one of them went totally bananas on it and it really negatively affected his life and financials. The rest of my friends kept it totally casual and kind of quit when they found other things to do. I think you can never tell who's susceptible and who isn't.