I think you are looking at it the wrong way and my point that gambling is entertainment counters your other points.
It's not a counter to
any of my points, or even on-topic to my claim that time has value. It's a red herring. I'm saying that "time has value", you are saying that "gambling is fun", that is not a topical reply to my claim.
It's no red herring, it's the point. Of course time has value but value is not just monetary. If I spend my time playing an amateur sport I do it because I enjoy it and that is the reward in itself. That is also how I feel about gambling. If I win then there is a monetary reward that I can use to celebrate with.
If you spend your time playing free rolls you get a chance to win bigger prizes than the base reward. Plus all the other rewards and lottery tickets. I'm sorry that you still think of it in terms of earning $2 a year from a faucet but that's not what our site is about.