If gambling is illegal in your country, would you still gamble?
In my own point of view, if gambling is illegal in my country i would stop playing than hiding just to play because i don't want to get caught by policemen and i don't want to be against the rules, so it is much better to stop gambling even it makes me happy. Sometimes you need to sacrifice your own happiness because sometimes it is for your own good.
That is like a good and honest citizen. We should follow the rules of a state because they are formulated for our own betterment. Gambling is prohibited in many states of the world, especially Islamic ones because of its negative effects. It not only financially hurt the player but triggers his greed and laziness. He starts day dreaming and stops trying for real. Gambling is an evil and stay away from it forever.