True, IMO gambling should be pursued purely for entertainment and not as a financial investment because it's highly risky, and you can lose a lot of amount of money very quickly. It's better to see it as a way to have fun and to set strict budget limits.
I'm pretty sure you'll need the money you might spend on gambling someday so you have to think twice before gambling.
Unfortunately, a very large percentage of people do not have a sufficient level of financial literacy, so they think that gambling is an easy way to make money. The strangest thing is that many of them do not realize that gambling is an entertainment that requires money even after a few big losses. A million articles about gambling on the Internet they are not interested. In my opinion, such people just do not want to think and analyze, they rely on the will of chance. Well, it's their choice.