Some people gamble the most when they are in need of urgent money. They use the little in their account to gamble believe they can double the money in no time through gambling to do what they want to do. This most times go wrong making them to lose the little they should have saved for that purpose
I'm guilty of this, but I'm happy I learn it on time. When I need money or when the money I have available at the time is not up to what I need it for, I tend to gamble in hopes of winning more. Most of the time, it ends badly for me.
What helped me stop doing that was how I realised that I lose bets more when I need the money. I knew there was a reason for this because there was no way the "gambling gods" would decide to punish me when I needed money.
So I looked into it and I figured out that I win bets more when I don't need the money urgently because I play with a free mind. I don't really care if I lose the money so I don't overanalyse, but when I need money, I'm scared of losing the little I have so I take more time to analyse thereby getting it wrong because I'm overthinking it.
Sometimes I'm still tempted to gamble with the little money I have in hopes of getting more immediately, but I always regret it and I'm getting better at it.
When I need money I figure out how to earn it, not risk money I already have for a chance to win. Gambling is not an easy way to make money, but an entertainment for which you have to pay. Yes, you can win at gambling, but it will only ingrain in your mind the wrong attitude to risky entertainment and further only worsen your financial situation. Learn to earn money by your own labor, and to gamble only on free money.