Gambling shouldn't do either (fix or wreck your life). I recommend that you use only disposable funds to gamble with so overall it should have very little affect on your life.
I don't know that it does exist about that disposable funds, it is still money and you can't even just dispose your money right away.
And the hardest thing is that you are going to dispose it through gambling.
Definitely, if we lose a single pany, it would be affect, i never saw a man who lose in gambling and said doesn't matter for me. definitely, it has been affected in career and financial situation.