Gambling seems far from helpful to me. Because when i gamble more appear to be a greedy who then just throw away money i've earned from working hard. Maybe only occasionally gambling help me in an emergency, the rest even destroyed by greedy self-error.
Gambling is a destruction of life indeed we should avoid this vice because it will do nothing good if you will be overcome to addiction. It will become a help if just for fun and entertainment but if you exceed on that it will become a vice that may forget your friends, family and god. Almost everything will be lost.
There is a limitation for everything and especially in gambling we should be more careful as it needs money to play.
It's fun when you are still in control but the moment you get addicted you can experience a bigger problem and you are right it will ruin relationships.