I think it is not only about being greedy but about wanting to higher up one's self-esteem, feel like a cool person
How can someone higher it's self-esteem in gambling? Oh wait your talking about status in life? So he think that gambling will make him rich that's why he can make his self-esteem higher too? I tell you it's a bullish mindset.
Lol getting self-esteem is not gonna happen through gambling, gambling will ruin your self esteem since you will lose. If your self esteem is low you should not gamble very much.
Actually if you have low self esteem, I don't think that you should try gambling.. That would result to failure and making your gambling life not that exciting and I don't think that it could boost your self esteem, actually it could end you up devastate if you were busted...But winning could atleast give you a temporary joy specially if what you win could help you...
Although that is just temporary but we feel real job when we sometimes win in gambling and that is just normal as a gambler, on the next day we do gamble again longing to win more but we could end up losing.
We must accept whatever the results in the gambling but we must have the joy in doing it.