Sure, all gamblers are not in for the profits. It's a self-determination, whether one wants it or not. Money or fun. Skills or health purposes. Gamblers are vastly running a game filled with unique settings, almost specifically made for a single gambler. Each gambler feels a unique drive. It's not a place where one doesn't know what he wants. We the players are fulfilling the wishes of the house. Gambling in their casino. Staying careful and focused to understand why we are gambling, helps players to find out their reasons for gambling. The choices differ, just like our nationalities, financial needs, and fantasies differ. But we share one significant reaction when our needs are not met: disappointment.
If a gambler doesn't have fun in gambling, he won't be happy, because that's what he wants and is not able to receive it. Players who focus on money, and don't win it, will also get sad. In terms of losing money, the reaction also differs according to the individual size of the money. A player who to him, lost a huge amount of money, will react strangely. Unlike a player who lost a few cents or units of dollars. If a player relies on money over his emotions, he'd suffer emotionally. Even if he gets the win, it could go back to settling his emotional stress.
You talk about gambling like people control their fate, which is a lie. Every bet and wheel spin is a rigged game where you're set up to lose but dressed like you have a choice
You can talk about "skills" or "fitness", but we both know gambling brings financial disaster. It's a life-threatening bet, and the house always wins
You claim it's about fun, money, or escape, but those are merely appeals. Part of the agreement is disappointment. Want to know why we gamble? Why do we keep falling for this well-planned scam? This system is designed to steal from us. Actually, the home is a predator, and we're blindfolded. Man, open your eyes
Sure, nobody is certain of their fate, or what it looks like. But gambling doesn't control either the player's fate. In as much as a player is not in a complete state of mind when he's losing his money, he's bound to make mistakes. Both results, win or lose, also help in confusing a player's decision. Especially his initial plans. While in the game, there are misconceptions and internal disagreements in the player's mind. Options create arguments. The player's thoughts are compelled to go against each other's suggestions. It's not a one-mind thing. Many other life activities with options do this to us.
However, gambling consistently causes this to occur in the human brain. More like emotionally battling oneself. The system wasn't designed to steal from anybody. You could be saying in the form of con. Yet it's inadmissible. Casinos provide lots of benefits to a player for his money. I understand a diverse perspective about the game leads to arguments between gamblers, on what's right or wrong. If you read carefully my response, you'd realize the self-argument a player face also could be extended to an interpersonal disagreement between gamblers, just like everyone argues on what seems right to them. Nobody is right or wrong in contexts like this, same way it's wrong to oust fun as no valid factor in gambling.