I think its possible to amplify or pick up crime as a result of gambling experience. In particular, more so I think, in relation to old fashion walk in casinos.
Any person who has got addicted to gambling the chances of happening of crime also increases with that cases. Though it will a few % among that addictions who can commit crime and it will happen when they lose all their money and want more to gamble.
Do you really know cases of gamblers who lost money in a casino, went out and stole from someone or robbed someone at gunpoint to be able to get back to game? Never heard of anything like it. Gamblers aren't some hardcore criminals and they aren't blinded by drugs when they are playing. If they see an opportunity they'll take it but they won't start killing people to be able to play.
According to gambling statistics, 1.6 billion people gamble at some point during a given year, with over 4.2 billion having gambled at some point in their lives. If a certain group consists of so many people, you can find any imaginable character among them, from criminals to astronauts. Of course it's wrong to state that "gamblers aren't some hardcore criminals", because surely there
are some hardcore criminals among them. And it's not just a phrase, you can verify that by googling the words:
gambler killing/kills/killed altogether and reading the real life stories about various incidents. There are robberies, suicides and homicides associated with gamblers and we can't deny that. But actually it doesn't mean that gamblers are more inclined to commit crimes than any other category of people. It just means that this category is very big. Google, for example,
catholic + killing and you'll see even more shocking results.