not at all, gambling will not satisfy our goals and even will often experience defeat, the purpose of gambling is a pleasure that we enjoy not for financial freedom that normally if we think like that will end in destruction.
maybe not all of us but there are people who lives from gambling,they are those Professional gamblers that is making money from gambling.
and this is proven that those Big gamblers now had start from scratch before becoming millionaires .
You don't have to be professional gamblers to make a living from gambling, some of my friends live from gambling but that was 2-3 years ago, they can get results from gambling like cars, motorbikes, iPhones and other items. but now their gambling activities have diminished and tend to just try their luck at getting the jackpot. because they say now is quite difficult to get bitcoin so they also do not have much capital especially they often experience defeat. the point is if life depends on gambling it will not last long.
you said they dont gamble anymore but they are now only trying to hit the jackpot ? that would still be considered as gambling . doesnt gamble means they dont have access to gambling site . some of my friends were also like that , they are god of gamblers before but now they change thier lifestyle and tend to do common business to earn . they already achieve thier financial goals thru gambling and didnt look back for the better .