Of course it is so. But if we talking about some common experience - trading needs more special knowledge. You have to know a lot for trading but in gambling you can start fast for casino games the rules are really simple.
And i can`t say that in trading your risks are lower than in gambling. Using money management you can control you budget. I try to lose small sums both but i can`t say that trading has less risks than gambling.
Trading does require more general experience in analyzing and also determining the right position to buy or sell but experience from trading is very useful for everyday life too because we can be more focused, consistent and also patient.
Moreover, in trading there is no risk of addiction and it is different from gambling which has long-term effects of gambling addiction where addiction is very dangerous for anyone who experiences it.
If think that gambling is riskier in all forms of risk, but that is a choice, so no one can forbid it.
For me trading has the same risk of addiction as the gambling. The difference is that in gambling you is just a gamer and in trading use is a serious businessman. But the result is the same and their knowledge the same too. At least for lots of traders i saw it looks to be truth.
Of course if we`ll talk about the true traders - the situation differs, but for common user - it`s the same.