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Kenny1999 Posted 4 years ago
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Gambling and its related word

Which one is correct or incorrect?

Addicted gambling

Addictive gambling


Which one is correct or incorrect?

Problem gambler

Problematic gambler

Actually both sound odd to me, what is the term to refer to someone who is addicted to gambling

  

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kenny1999 what is the term to refer to someone who is addicted to gambling You say they are a gambling addict, or that they have a gambling addiction , and, of course, as you say above, that they are addicted to gambling . By the way, you can find three of those four combinations you posted in published works, but not "problematic gambler". content=addicted+gambling%2Caddictive+gambling%2Cproblem+gambler%2Cproblematic+gambler%2Cgambling+addiction%2Cgambling+problem&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3 CJ

  • kenny1999 what is the term to refer to someone who is addicted to gambling You say they are a gambling addict, or that they have a gambling addiction , and, of course, as you say above, that they are addicted to gambling .
  • By the way, you can find three of those four combinations you posted in published works, but not "problematic gambler".
  • content=addicted+gambling%2Caddictive+gambling%2Cproblem+gambler%2Cproblematic+gambler%2Cgambling+addiction%2Cgambling+problem&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-2019&smoothing=3 CJ
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kenny1999what is the term to refer to someone who is addicted to gambling

You say they are a gambling addict, or that they have a gambling addiction, and, of course, as you say above, that they are addicted to gambling.

By the way, you can find three of those four combinations you posted in published works, but not "problematic ga

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