Just another gripe about how long it takes to get just "one" confirmation. I want to gamble my bitcoin away as fast as possible but the confirmation time takes sooooo long

Send a larger tx fee? The block time might help curb a gambling addiction as well by keeping compulsive gamblers waiting until hopefully the compulsion wears off.
fees only matter if there are a lot of transactions with higher priority than your transaction. it doesn't matter if the time between block is longer since no one's transaction would confirm.