Have you ever wonder why even there are a lot of negative things gambling bought, it still doesnt leave us ? Is that so, gambling has been a part of our culture , even you have plenty or not. Rich people often socialize in the form of casino, while the poor are contented on country games with lower bets. I, as a person living on a third world country, witnessed how gambling form our culture. Town celebrations or "fiesta" are not complete without low cost gambling houses called "perya" where you can bet starting from almost $.02 and above. Every corner of the street has some kids playing coin games and even a wake makes its company awake using card games. Weird isnt it? How about in your country?
I will take it as part of classic entertainment and not as a culture eventhough it was started during the classic era*.
Why even there are negative things that gambling can brought, still many are hooked? That is because that it's not all about negative things. On the other hand, some people won and that's make gambling lives until now. If all things rotated in gambling is about losing then gambling industry will not be bloom like the current status today.
Although winning always have some room, it's obvious that gambling must not take seriously especially for an average gambler. It's depend on the gambler itself if they will allow themselves to be eaten in the negative effects of doing gambling.
The problem with gambling is that, people are so inclined into earning profits that they would resort to the easiest way possible though dangerous. Gambling tends to create this illusion wherein people are stuck on this paradigm cycle where they gamble despite winning or losing. Let's take that into detail:
If A gambles and wins, - it is highly unlikely that he/she will stop.
If A gambles and losses, - he/she will try to recover those losses by gambling again.
There exist this conundrum wherein people are stuck on this cycle. Though there are also factors you need to consider, most individuals gamble due to either for entertainment or they are experiencing financial struggle. This leads us to the question of: is gambling part of someone's culture despite its negative effects?
Well I cannot say but it all leads to one thing- it will slowly destroy one's life without the proper discipline and self-control.