I have a friend who has been a victim of this scam before and since then we have becime careful on the kind of games we involve with because alot of times we have to be able to control our urge and freed , because these is the two primary things that drag us into scam and we call them one chance.
There might be general thread but at times, quoting as a form of a form of making reference makes an easy read and understand.
With reference to the OP,
I'm having a thought if this could really be called gambling?
This is a game won by tricks of which, the odds are always in the favour of those offering the games. They manipulate the whole process by ensuring you win some to keep fate and keep playing then, eventually the trick kicks in when the stakes gets bigger. Which carft or magic isn't limited and as such, I don't think it qualifies to be called gambling.
Gambling has some credibility about it, itskot something you win by tricks, especially having aids from the super natural.