Gambling has only one goal "win"
Regardless of the reason, the emotion, the luck, the bad luck (or the simple variance), even it does not matter the social status, your wealth or poverty, the objective is the same Winning.
Now, after that, certain emotional conditions are added that result in wanting to try because it is not possible to win ... but when the north of doing it is lost simply to win, many are attracted to the game to obtain easy money, others simply do not even They are interested in winning, they just want to bet.
That is why it is fun even to do it for simple entertainment because your greatest benefit is to win, someone who is mentally healthy could play freemoney, in the long run they achieve the basic objective of winning, it does not matter if it is with real or play money.
So you must be clear about your priorities; It is the emotion of winning, the one that prevails, you cannot be generic and leave it alone in the emotion of...
I absolutely agree with you regarding Play Money. I used to bet a lot with them on different sites, and I can say, it was fun. But then I discovered that betting with very small amounts, like $0.01, or even less than that, is a little bit more interesting. You still don't lose much, like with Play Money you don't lose anything, here you lose $2-$3 max after some long time playing, but theoretically you have a chance of winning hundreds of USD, depending on the game, and that, for me at least, brings more fun to the experience.