Gambling portrayed negatively because of the main reason gambling can have a negative effect to the person involved. And also I think gambling can lead a person to be addicted,greedy and some will commit crimes just to get a money to feed their addiction.
Yeah you are right. Most of the gamblers are also criminals. I am talking about online gamblers but traditional gamblers can do any illegal activity to get some money and gamble with that money. There are many other reasons that people portrayed gambling as a worst thing in the world. I am also against gambling no matter online or traditional gambling.
Not all gamblers are criminals you could say some gamblers are criminals others just cry or grieve but most are able to get them back on track. They do suffer a lot for the initial years but later on they are finally financially strong and assure them that they will never gamble again.
Gambling isn't wrong you just need to have control over yourself