Ok you are gambling just for fun, your friends and neighbors knows that and a friend invited you to his party to be one of the candidates as a councilor and campaign will start in 6 months, now, of course, you need to have a good reputation, will you stop gambling just to have a good image this coming campaign and how will you defend yourself if accused as a gambler.
i will choose between my Political dream or my favorite games.
but practically ?i think i would rather stop gambling than ruining my reputation and have a chance to serve my country,and besides i can go back and playing after i won the election so why not give it a way?
and also Gambling is losing while politics are winning and i rather choose the win than always risk but lose in gambling.
That's why it's crazy to think that there is a politician who's willing to lose his carrier just to continue his gambling addiction and it's plain simple to think for the answer since for sure majority of the people will select the political carrier since as you said it's always a win from them and the money is always flowing on that while in gambling a pure head ache and a losing streak will always occur on us.