Most of the time gambling would ruin your life by scrapping all your money and if you are an addict it is the worst place to be and if you are bloody lucky enough to win a good amount of money and was able to get out soon then it would help you out big time in real life.
Yes that's what gambling will do to our lives if it can help. Then why there are so many lives that are being wrecked by it. Maybe it is also depending on how you are going to look and stand for gambling because if you know that it will just wreck your life and you will fall with addiction. Better not to enter it as early as you can.