Like I said, do as thou will.
Of course, it is totally up to you what kind of gambling you want to do or you are involved in. sports betting is in one way the easiest way of betting because here you have a variety of games on which you can bet. You use your knowledge about game here to win the bet. Results are pretty much predictable which not the case in poker games is. Betting should be done on game whose rules are on your fingertips.