This thread is already long but I have not replied here before and I think my reply is just a life experience about what I have noticed about prayer and gambling. I noticed if I move closer to God, I win more than when I do not, if I pray more, I win also, but I always think this is just normal thing and luck, 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 that 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 and also not as profession but just as fun and entertainment because gambling is not what worth praying about.