If a trader trades on the spot market, he clearly has an advantage over a gambler, as his actions are not limited by time frames, and since bitcoin is a deflationary asset, even if you buy it at the highest price, you can get your money back in a few years. I am engaged in trading on the crypto market and gambling, and personally for me cryptocurrencies carry less risk than gambling. Perhaps everything would be different if I had a better understanding of sports, but unfortunately I do not have it.
The advantage of spot trader is if he lost on his trade due to unforeseen circumstances on the market he can still able to hold and wait for second shot if the market recovers. There's no losses occur for that because we don't sell anything and just wait for another recover for us to earn if we are lucky if market pump or recover if there's little push happened. Unlike for gambler where they are not sure about everything and might lose in control so there's huge chance to lose for that then also low chance to recover,
That's why sometimes its good to say that gamblers is not a good trader because majority don't have huge patience since they want fast earnings without getting any stress or face something unusual to them.