It is actually both. The moment you started playing gambling, you are already threatening yourself while having fun, the threat is losing, and of course the fun part is when you are winning, you are also enjoying. But, the thing is that sometimes, we are missing the threatening part of it, since it is getting block up by the joy we are experiencing whenever we play gambling.
gbling is usually harmless and brings a lot of fun and brings a lot of money to the table and jobs for people
I am not sure about that, because even if you have some control, you can't control the gambling site itself for you to avoid losing your money, there is no fun in that, that being said, it is already a threat to us since money is important and our goal is to double it up by playing in gambling, not losing it.