Well right now its easier to get BTC funded in your account. A few years ago you had to do a local meet, Bitcoin ATM or wait until you found a block, so if you lost everything, it would take a while to reload before you lost more. Which controlled loss in a way.
is this a means of gambling? I think you are saying it is easier now to reload BTC in your gambling account than the way you will reload your account back then, and yup it is now very easier to have money in you account this days just a click away and you can play gambling.