This thread is already long but I have not replied here before and I think my reply is just a life expe about what I have noticed about prayer and gambling. I noticed is I move closer to God, I will more than when I do not, if I prayer more, I win also, but I always think this is just normal thing, I do not pray because I want to gamble because if I lose, there could be a thinking that God make me lose it when God is not the one to says I should gamble, I just gamble without praying because I am not that type. People praying before gambling to me is not what that will determine their winning or losses, what will happen will happen, what they need most is the knowledge and experience about how to win, taking gambling not as business, not as profession but just as fun and entertainment because gambling is not what worth praying about.