For me it's definitely the latter. If I was chasing profits with gambling I really don't know when would I stop. How much would be enough for the day? $5? $10? What if I lost $15 the day before? Should I at least "make" that amount today? I try to never think this way, because gambling for me is not about money, but rather about the game. Of course I can feel a bit better when I win some money in the process, but that's just a bonus, while the main prize is the game itself.
This is what I was thinking about, the continuous, probably never-ending gamble that everyone doesn't want but continue to gamble. Has anyone here got a record from the start of their gambling days and the present and see how much would you
chase or how much you have gained?
The definition of winning in gambling is winning at the same time, I don't care how big our previous lose is and let it go, because the next test we have to go through is to get the next day's winning. Yes, everyone has personal assumptions, but sometimes when I have a high bankroll, I will try to cover the previous lose in the next day, this is something that can not be explained in my opinion, because in gambling we definitely feel a little breathing relaxed when getting winning even though it did not cover our previous lose.
Would you also consider it in trading? Basically, it's a prediction if the price is going up or down, almost 50-50 but you could increase your chances of winning by analyzing the market or something like that. I think it's just our human instinct that wants to get back our losses.
Tackling the gambling for long in your life for long run will be considered as winning in gambling in my opinion.The people who are gambling for longer period in their life without got much influenced by the gambling in their life also the one won in gambling.I don't considered winning about money in gambling because its not going to happen in the long run.
It had become a habit of theirs that they manage to incorporate everything related to them. They have enough experience to manage in gambling their losses and debts because when one person already knows what they are doing, they could have the advantage on it.
If you made massive profit in one time and every individual have their own profit tolerance.
For example :
Player A gamble with 0.01 and made profit 0.01 , Player A stop gambling because it's succeed make 0.01
Player B gamble with 0.01 and made profit 1 BTC, finally player B stop gambling !
Definitely unrealistic in my opinion. If you could make 0.01 BTC to 1 BTC, that person would be more motivated to gamble, hence continuous gambling.
The bottom line, "Satisfaction at it's finest".
I agree that there's no definite meaning for winning (concerning per player). Most likely satisfaction could lead to more gambling. Think about it. You only get satisfied if you win then disappointed when you lose. If a player loses but is still satisfied is kind of weird to me.
). The bottom line is that no matter how long you gamble but if you hit that jackpot right there, that's a total winning. 
