Yes there is a small percentage of gambling addicts that commit suicide. But gambling addicts have alot of other reasons, because of the gambling problem some choose death, bankruptcy, divorce ect… these I would consider off shoots of the problem gambler. So statistically speaking, suicides rates for gambling addicts may masked by other reasons.
Remember the Wall Street crash, the suicide rate certainly jumped that day, and I mean literally jumped, brokers were jumping out of thier office windows.
A gambling addict may choose death but it may not be recorded as gambling related suicide. For this reason I strongly believe suicide rates are alot higher than what is being reported.
Being a philosophy major the question of quilt is an invalid one. Because gambling has been here since the beginning of time. But from a moral and ethical stand point all we can do is offer quidance to the problem gambler.
Money has no intrinsic value but people do. greek39