In my opinion, there are no health benefits of gambling. Gambling will ruin you financially and it also affect your health in a negative way. I know gamblers who are broke (and I mean broke, drowning in debts with no money for food or a roof over their head), depressed, have panic attacks and have no real friends or a stable relationship. The fact is, gambling is Not an advisable method for earning money. It is a fun way of spending money though. It is entertaining and has the benefit of possibly increasing your money. other forms of entertainment only drain your money. While the odds are low, it is possible to win in the short term.
It's possible to win in the short term but very unlikely to happen, many individuals that are gambling are losing money but can't stop gambling as they're addicted. The only health benefit of gambling that I know of is that it can make you happy when you win but many individual that are gambling aren't winning therefore that health benefit isn't getting to every one that's gambling. When gambling you have to know that you'll be more sad than happy as you'll lose more.
There are more health disadvantage from gambling than the benefits, gambling has a lot of negative effects. When you're a gambler, you'll always be looking at that your phone screen gambling and it can affect your eyesight. We have gamblers that gave been addicted to gambling and spend hours on their phone screen gambling which they later in future have eye sight problems.
Gambling has lots of untapped health benefits. But the only problem with most gamblers and nongamblers is that they're more concerned about the bad aspects of gambling. Everything has a good and bad aspect. Cars are good, but people also get injured through it. Yet people wouldn't stop using it because of the benefits it provides to mankind. Why people gamble is different, and the definition of gambling for each person is different too. Due to their view on how gambling works. Most people who have seen an addict's actions and how they put their family in long-term trouble, wouldn't believe anybody that says gambling has a health benefit. However, a gambler who is mainly focused on the health benefits gambling can provide, has no reason to bother about the thoughts of people around him, regarding his gambling habit. Because he's learning each day he gambles, how to manage money, maintain his emotions not to chase loss, and guide himself on when to stop gambling for the day.
This process helps the human brain to stay in control whenever required in real life. What Op enlisted in his threads is true, gambling helps a player to relieve stress, even critical thinking, and I saw a member add building social networks. Excessive gambling is bad and leads to problem gambling. It needs an experienced player to understand the importance of gambling. Not every gambler would be able to know what gambling has to offer the human brain. The results one gets via gambling, be it compulsive or reckless gambling is as ignorant of how gambling works. Out of many other benefits, one could get from gambling, the masses only publicized money as the meaningful reward gambling offers. Hence they go after it, chasing shadows, and end up addicted. Then run to the masses again to tell them that gambling is addictive and that they've lost all their money.