What's in the game for those of us who are not looking for anything other than personal enjoyment and amusement? Be specific!
Enjoyment or amusement are just reasons to continue gambling but definitely not the purpose of gambling. If there are no possibility of winning big out of gambling, I guess there would have been no such industry to be existing like how we are having today. Yes, no one might be risking their money only for the reason of enjoyment but they might be spending those money to wild trekking and any other possible thrilling things and gambling industry might have bitten the dust.
Hope of winning big is the only difference between a common viewer and a bettor while watching a sport event; they both enjoy the game but who feels the most trills? When you are playing yourself and getting and making all those thrills means? This is what happening exactly while we are gambling.
There are lots of thrills and hopes are inside behind every game and we cannot ignore they are the only force which are driving the entire gambling industry; by gambling industry I mean the entire space which include both gamblers and houses.