I often prefer the reasonable expectations of trading vs the total randomness of gambling. For example is reasonable to expect that ETC (Ethereum Classic) goes higher than current price since it looks it bottomed, so invest some there. This is better than randomly gambling money in casinos even tho that ca be fun too.
I agree, at least with trading there is some semblance of logic to it, rather than the entire system being rigged against you so you always lose and it's just down to pure luck with often very little skill.