3. You can forget all your problems for a while. It also a way of relieving stress because you are more focused on the game than your problems even for a short period of time.
I kind of disagree with this.
I disagree since I have experience of this. I am gambling to have fun, to forget my problem at that time since the doctor told my mother is sick and I can't accept it since she already knew it and she is not telling us. I want to gamble and have some fun but after that, I kind of regretted it since I lost the money that I can use to help with my mother's medication.
I would tell you that I have been part of the sports gambling and I never got addicted. I gamble not in every match but my favorite match and I enjoy doing so. There is this one part of the year that I love to gamble when the league starts. I win and I loose but the real thing about it is that I have knowledge about the things I deal with and that gives me an edge over the people who do not know and start gambling.