But I see in this a certain cognitive activity, only with poorly formulated goals. For example, you play in order to understand the laws of the game over time and learn to win more often.
Or maybe entertainment for you is something else?
The last part of your post settles everything.... It has never made sense to me that people say they only gamble to have fun. There's a lot of things you can do for fun; if you wanna have fun, hit the gym. You wanna have fun, pick up swimming lessons etc... you don't stake heavily on a game that has a possibility of high returns and you call it "just for fun". Everyone is always expecting something at the end, otherwise why do you make speculation before wagering? The shouldn't be any need for that.
Entertainment? - for me, I feel it shouldn't go beyond the "reefs". Also, you said they seldom play on those games just to understand the rules to WIN MORE OFTEN?
Lolz 😂, what you said makes a whole lots of sense to me to be honest, the truth of the matter actually is that, many of the gamblers who claim to be gambling for fun or as a means of entertainment are actually saying that for two possible reasons..
1. As a way to convince themselves so they don't feel too bad just incase when they lose money.
2. Or either so they don't get judged by other gamblers who might accuse them of gambling for money when that not what gambling is meant for.
Or maybe for both reasons actually.
But then, the truth of the matter remains that, every gambler that is wagering real hard earned money is expecting to win, which also translates to making profit, and this is not just a truth, but a fact actually.