There’s absolutely nothing wrong with gambling as long as it’s done in moderation. You need to maie sure that you’re only gambling with amounts that you can afford to lose. For example gamboing with the rent or electric bill money is a big NO NO.
You also need to know when to walk away if you’re on a losing streak.
It's the same as drinking, as long as it's done in moderation there isn't a problem. The gambling addicts give a bad name to the regular Joes that like to place a few bets every now and then.
A lot of people can't walk away from a losing streak. In their minds they believe that a win is due because of all the previous losses. Well, it doesn't work that way. You have the same odds every bet regardless of the previous outcomes.
Gambling addiction is little different from the other kind of addiction like drinking or smoking because where we just have the pleasure but in gambling addiction people addicted to the money which is the most evil thing for man's to be addicted so it will let them to do anything for that kind addiction that is why we need to be very much careful for gambling.
For me, being addicted to gambling is the same as being addicted to other things like drinking, smoking and doing drugs. Sometimes, gambling is the root of it all the reason why we drink, we smoke and we do drugs.
I don't consider people to enjoy gambling since it is the worst thing that could happen to them. They can enjoy gambling, yes, but getting addicted to these enjoyment will lead to it's addiction and they will be regretting that they gamble even that first time since it will be a continuous pleasure for them especially if they experience winning at the early games.
I would not say gambling is actually the main cause of all the things that you have mentioned, as that certainly has to do with your own personality and what you are exposed to. Smoking, drugs, or whatever one can easily get addicted to, is something that can happen naturally to anyone who is not a gambler.
Gambling addiction on its own is a crazy level of addiction and at the end, all these are some things hurting you, you know they are hurting you and you just could not help yourself. So in that case, convincing someone to get into such a thing is not just wrong, it is evil.