I cannot speak for other people, but I am a very disciplined gambler. I have a weekly "entertainment" budget for gambling, so I make sure that I pay all my expenses first and then allow for a small portion of my remaining budget to go towards "gambling".
The problems start when you start to dive into the budget for the other things for which you have to pay for.... and when you use that for gambling. I hope other people will follow the same strategy to prevent "gambling addiction" problems.
Yes you are making sense, praying gambling happens to be first thing to do with money it is a big problem. But when money is being solve for major things that are important , it can be difficult for gambling to take all the money one has. Gambling should be played with extra money , not money that is supposed to spend on daily financial problems. The problems start when you start to dive into the budget for the other things for which you have to pay for.... and when you use that for gambling. I hope other people will follow the same strategy to prevent "gambling addiction" problems.
And that's where discipline would come in because without that, you can never have the courage to leave the table and to know when to stop. The thing is that we are easily drawn when it's about money and that is why we tend to dive deep in search of money, unfortunately, some people are looking for it in the wrong place and the result surely won't give us happiness because there's no discipline and without discipline, there is no proper mindset.
Gambling is okay if we have some spare cash to get involved in that activity and we must know where are our boundaries at so that we can leave the table anytime and call it a day.