- In general, it cannot be denied that gambling came first. Before bitcoin appearance. And it is also obvious that there are many people all over the world who are obsessed with playing gambling, especially in the modern era that we have today where even if you are at home you can gamble at an online casino without any hassle.
That's why Bitcoin should not be compared to gambling because of the size of their difference, it is because Bitcoin can be considered a long term investment and gambling is not, but rather a type of entertainment that can be wasted if you just want to have fun.
You are right that at that time gambling was everywhere, it's just that I never used it because at that time it could only make deposits via a bank account or other online payments, whereas at that time I expected bitcoin to be used as a means of payment to play in casinos and finally after a few years bitcoin is famous and finally used by many online casinos for their gambling.
From the beginning I played gambling using bitcoin but after I thought that bitcoin is not a means of payment to have fun at gambling because it will have high value including future investment assets, so I use a stable currency to play gambling at online casinos from now on and make bitcoin as an investment, even though both of them need each other so you can't compare which one has a lot of fans, still online gambling has a lot of fans but not as many crypto users including bitcoin at this time.