Exactly! And as I also observed some of the people that maybe we can say "below average" people or poor are still gambling, I don't think it will solve their poverty.
And also consider those people who are gambling just to be entertain only. Family first before everything else, you should feed first the family before spending some of your money in a very risky way which is gambling.
The reason behind it is that they are now just hopeless and trying out their luck if it could work for them to escape poverty. Though my own perception of the right thing to do is to not rely on gambling for personal living. You should only gamble if you have more than enough that you don't know where this money should be spent. But being poor and still approaching gambling will just make you poorer and poorer and will not do you any good at all.