Could well be and in any case, the gambling addict is used by now to being skint, another 18 months or a couple of years waiting is neither here or there.
I wish you would be a little bit more specific when referring to the gambling addict.
Is it the one who begged, borrowed and stole to fund their habit? The same one whose credit rating was so bad that they could only afford to rent a house, never paid the rent and then days before a court hearing have the audacity to ask the landlord for a cash incentive to leave the property before eviction?