Most people see gambling as an easy way to make money and this thought makes them lose what they already have. You click one button, you either double your money or lose it all. The easiest way to make or lose money. It doesn't take any skills, it doesn't any work, it only takes a second. That's why it is appealing to many people.
This is absolutely true there are many or some gamblers that rely their lives by making money on gambling which is very risky. There is no such guarantee that you can be able to earn money from gambling every single day, you will be a winner sometime and a loser at the same time. As a gambler I am practicing to myself to have a very strict limitation in my time and money spend in my gambling activities also I am doing it for fun and not that seriously with heavy reason why I am doing gambling.
I think setting limit to the time and money one spends on Gambling is the best way to avoid spending much on it. Some people talk gambling as a mean to earn a living, and they end up getting addicted. While some gambling addicts go into borrowing money go gamble with the intention of recovering their losses. When one eventually get addicted, breaking from it is not always easy, it requires time and determination.