I would also add that gambling can be seen as hope.
Hope that at some point in the future things might be better if you are lucky.
That's what casinos provide, hope, for many people. It costs a lot of money in the end, but the effect on the brain is real.
Why see it as a hope at the first place?
Does a casual job have the risks of destroying ones life? Sometimes but not always.
Does gambling have risks of destroying ones life? Yes everytime that person gambls.
Gamble is purely played on luck. I wouldn't even hope anything. If I win, it's good luck and if I loss, it's bad luck. Nothing more. Even small jobs can be seen as a hope but not gambling.
Whenever I gambled, I gambled because I enjoyed gambling not became I had a job to earn. Gambling should always be a medium for entartainment. Earning comes later. Eventually.