Gambling helped me with my life nohow. For me gambling is just fun and the way for spending time. Of course when I grown enough I started to gamble with money, but till now I didn't make any big bets, so there is no loosing and winning big money for me, cause of even today gambling is just kind of fun to me.
This is the right approach and it's hardly seen or debated. Gambling is just entertainment and it should be treated like it, you have to consider that money gone the moment you buy chips, bet on a team, or whatever. This way it's all fun and games and if you win, then great, you get the money back and then some. If you lose, you had a good time, don't go with high expectations of making it big or you will be going down a dark road...