As time goes by, you start to have gambling buddies and you guys congratulate each other whenever you win something or whenever you do something risky and you won money. It's a loophole of you hoping to feel that excitement/validation/happiness over and over again but the truth is that you are paying for it by losing your money from gambling. You don't really feel that you are losing money because you are still happy. Happy that you have had that excitement even for just a split second moment.
It is a great excitement that we all always want to have thats why when we play for fun, it is one of the best entertainment that we will have. For some people however they are not addicted because they want to have fun but they are playing for profit. Some people dont know the essence of gambling yet but sooner or later they will find this out