Actually gambling meant to be other way,it can bring us lot of friends into our life so make our lonliness to forget so you should reconsider about this and surely you can get overcome this disadvantage.
I'm really sorry but that's just BS.
How gambling can bring you lots of friends?
You can go with your friends to the casino but in the end of the day when you gamble you risk
your own money and not your friends'.
Gambling is isolating people, it's not connecting people, if you believe otherwise then I am not sure what type of "friends" are you referring to?