Gambling can stimulate the brain's rewards system much like drugs or alcohol can, leading to addiction. If you have a problem with compulsive gambling, you may continually chase bets that lead to losses, use up savings and create debt.
You only see the negative side of gambling, because without
your "losses, use up savings and create debts", casino owners will not be able to afford a luxurious life.
/sarcasm off
You may hide your behavior and even turn to theft or fraud to support your addiction. So with my conclusion and my observation towards this gambling is really cousin harm to the life of those ones who are addicted to it most their families.
Despite the common assertion of gambling advertising, this type of activity only brings losses to people even without gambling addiction. All gamblers can't be winners, otherwise the casino will be unprofitable.
Addiction to gambling is link to a range of serious personal and social harm such as those things I mentioned. These effects can be devastating to the individual as well as their friends, family, workplaces and community.
This is why gambling is prohibited in a number of countries. Sometimes the punishments taken are very cruel: execution (North Korea), prison sentence (United Arab Emirates, Thailand), public caning (Indonesia).
So what I'm trying to conclude is that gambling isn't something you should take as a hobby or as a means of earning just to make a living. So what are your thoughts?
How would you react to someone who said that alcoholism is his hobby? This sounds absurd. If we put gambling addiction on a par with drug addiction and alcoholism, then it is impossible to call gambling a hobby, is it?
I would say that gambling is a way to make money for the casino, but for the gampler - it is a way to waste their money pointlessly (ineffectively).