Online is not gambling but a time and money waste. I dont like online gambling because of the scams also. I like traditional gambling. There are many good things in traditional gambling, like you can meet your old friends, you can entertain yourself in the atmosphere of casino, spend some time with free mind, drink and dance in pleasant mood and also some gambling.
Wasting time? Dont you think that you need to spend more time when you have to visit a traditional casino while on other hand you spend less time for online gambling because you can access it on your PC or even mobile phone?
You need to spend more money as well such as for your transportation fee, drink and food while on the casino, or maybe other fun thing that you need to pay on the casino. So saying online gambling is wasting time and money is not making any senses if you compared to traditional offline gambling.
Related to scam, it does exist anywhere no matter you are online or offline. The good thing in online is that you can verify every bet you make unless you play in a non provably fair casino. Can you verify your bet on traditional gambling? I'm sure you cant..