sometime when people are in need of money and they are desperate to get it they jump into the gambling - they come either successful or unsuccessful
but they do give it a try in the time of depression - may be due to their own trouble, to make the love happy - or any medical urgency. sometime we all are become so helpless and makes mistake.
It is quite common that when people are facing desperate times they try all kind of measures that even if they know they make no sense in their desperation they do not see any other way to get additional money.
It is because of this we need to do what we can not to get into a situation like that, so it is important to have a cash reserve of several months in case of a family emergency, losing our jobs, we have to pay an expensive car repair or the countless scenarios which make us to spend money that was not in our budget at the time.
There is nothing wrong with the idea of playing gambling in times of depression as long as you'll be much smarter and only pick battles where you have the strength, knowledge and your chances in winning is somehow decent. In that case, if I were in that position, I'd pick sports betting rather than luck based games where the money is fast because that is where your money losses fast too.
But that's if you can't think of any other idea to get rid of the situation you're into, gambling might be the easiest way but it is also the riskiest way to get money and there is only few people who succeeded.