This question is always on my mind since then until now. I want to know the opinion of everyone here on this platform. I know that we have all different perception about gambling, so I respect what will be your point of view about that.
But to share my opinion, I consider gambling as a threat to gamblers. Yes, there are a lot of people who find happiness in gambling if and only if they can control their selves from this, but no matter how fun can gambling gives to you, the problem is still there, the addiction on it is always there, it grows day by day. There are so many disadvantages of being so addicted in gambling, one of which is forgetting your priority, spending your time to your family and your friend, you won't be able to more productive things than losing money, to the point that even you already lose and don't have enough money to play, you will make ways, there are times that you will ask a request to your friend to give you money as debt. You should be the one who controls the gamble and don't let the gamble control you.
It might be depending on the person, we know that there are different types of people in other people gambling might be all about just entertainment or fun but for others, it might be just all about profit.
I don't think gambling is a threat to us, Yes we are putting our money or investment into risk by playing it in gambling but at the same time you might win the game and double your investment, Also at any moment you could stop gambling if you wanted, they said you are addicted and you cannot stop to gamble? Maybe you cant? At this point maybe the problem is you and not gambling itself. Being greedy to profit or maybe it was just entertainment to you obviously if it is already going to affect you, family, you might already being selfish and the problem is you.