Most of us are losing money in gambling but we don't really count it as we don't treat gambling as a business, it's entertainment for most of us, so what we lose is our expenses to enjoy gambling. We will only feel it if our approach to gambling is already serious, and we will be in trouble because we will be putting in a huge amount of money just to gamble.
@mindrust is correction, we should only gamble based on our limit, if we go beyond, it's not fun anymore.
For people like me, who gamble once in a while for purely entertainment purposes, we have strict limits on money that could be spent for this purpose. The last time I visited a casino was in 2019. And regarding sportsbooks, I make a bet once in a week or so, but with moderate amounts (like
BTC0.001 or
BTC0.002). For compulsive gamblers, that is not the case. They think about gambling 24x7, which makes it impossible to adhere to strict limits. For such people, unless they can distract their mind by engaging in some other activity, there is no hope for redemption.