There are a lot of disadvantages and little advantages to gambling. Gambling can impact your life, it can lower your standard of life is the miminum it can happen to you. The maximum is you risk to lose your family and be all alone , I have seen many people talking to themselves in the street and I know for many of them it is the consequence of gambling addiction.
I do agree with the point of having lot of disadvantages and little advantages but with due respect, not on the next statements. Those are just exaggeration; a gambler will only lose that much if he will be too hooked up in gambling to the point that he is literally losing properties just to play and to win. At this point, this is when stress and depression would come which give you the feeling of being lonesome. But this do not happen to ALL gamblers. The only disadvantage of gambling in my opinion is the lack of control with the outcome to be in favor for the gamblers.
Why do you think gamblers do still continue playing despite of the risk of losing ?