I kind o like feeling in control of my finances and that means controlling my spending and being very aware of what goes in and what goes out. I normally check my accounts every month and may make a few decisions on what to spend next month if things are not looking correct. One of the things I do is to set aside 10% of my income for things that I really do not need - expensive clothing, gadgets and electronics, books, games,... and part of that is gambling. For me, a reasonable gambling budget is 3 to 5% of my income, although I may allow more if I have some extraordinary income that month. How do you plan your gambling or fun budget?
Allocating is a big challenge just lucky I have a family to look after my allocation and see to it that I follow my allocation, I'm happy with that setup at least I am not going within my boundary, gamblers should set up a budget that they can follow or a family that can help them follow the allocation, it's all about knowing your limitation and not crossing your bondary.
Maybe learning about allocating some money every month will allow you to play gambling without disturbing the other things.
I really hope that your family can remind you to reduce the money you use in gambling because I am worried that you can someday break your limit.
Besides that, we never know how long we can control ourselves, especially if we win in the gambling games.
But if you always can control your emotion in gambling and know your limit, maybe that will be fine if you allocate some money to playing gambling.