I imagine it's pretty safe to say that gambling can be profitable, but no one will ever know how beneficial it can be for the short term. In the long run, I think everybody will realize that you will cease up losing because the odds always are against you for every gambling website.  But that's what makes it fun for the short term gambler who wants to have a couple of drinks and gamble fractions of bitcoins with no fear of losing the shirt off their back if they lose.