I was in argument with someone. His view is that people who gamble are those that what they have is not sufficient for them and so they try to make more money from gambling. He said if you have sufficient money to take care of your needs that you won't think of gambling.
What if that is the kind of life they leave, where they have insufficient ways to meet their needs? So maybe they use gambling as an alternative way to earn more money to meet their needs. Which is wrong, I think? However, from his view that if someone has sufficient money, they won’t think of gambling again, I think that is where he is wrong because gambling is a wish. We have billionaires who are still gambling to date, and not because of money; they have gathered the money and not from gambling, so I think you should let him know that gambling is a matter of wish only, which is done by only a few people today. Others use it as a means to get money.
He made reference to some rich people, who don't gamble because they have sufficient money to even gift to charity but that those rich who still gamble are only addicted to it not just because of the money. Therefore, that the percentage of the rich gambling is very small compared to those in middle class and lower class.
It is true that poor gamblers today are more than rich gamblers. That is obvious; we know that, but that doesn’t mean poor gamblers are all doing it for money. Some people wish that they wanted to gamble, and that is why some poor people are not even gambling every day. However, not everybody gambles because they are addicted to it. It is just that some people like using gambling as a means to have fun. I think this person you had this argument with thinks all poor gamblers are finding money not to have fun.