Money is the most important thing for gambling
when it comes to modern gambling, money is the most important thing and that's right, no argument can break it.
but if you refer to culture, especially gambling culture, it is not only money that is at stake. There is a role in testing luck, for example, the Chinese gambling culture with its mahjong or pai gow, cohesiveness in the group (family) when playing gambling in culture.
no exception to the traditional gambling culture that exists in my country, not only money is the betting medium, there are many unique things that not many people understand the implied meaning in it.
This is true, in Chinese culture gambling also includes strengthening the brotherhood between them. I say this because I have a neighbor who is a large family of Chinese descent, they often play mahjong gambling and the ones who play are uncles, eldest sons, and sometimes aunts at one table even though they use money but they look happy even the winners will lend money to the losing families to return to play, but they don't do that every day.
we, who are culturally different from them, of course, see this as a strange thing but it has become one of the things that strengthen their kinship!
Its not just the Chinese who does gamble with family members, most race I think if not all. Even the Inuit living in Igloos gambles too which they bet their hunting weapons. I guess it strenghten relationship within the kins.
Gambling is part of the culture but they don't have to gamble to test their luck, they can do test luck somewhere like investing or going abroad to find jobs. Its just entertainment and for some making money, its why i'm sure its not okay for me going home losing all. I'd rather stop playing.