Hopefully all is well with bitcoin and fees go more lower so that there will be no huge problem to occur if we want to transact bitcoin on any transactions they want to spend their bitcoins. But for sure gamblers can get used to it if this problem will continue to happen since we still have cheap alternatives available in the market.
In my opinion, the cost issue will still be a problem for bitcoin forever, because bitcoin should no longer be suitable for use as a means of payment because the very high transaction costs make it not good enough for micro payments or other payments, I prefer bitcoin as my investment asset which is not moving so I just keep it until it's expensive in the future, so I don't use it for gambling or paying for things with bitcoin.
I think anyone can still use other friendly crypto alternatives with cheaper transaction costs to gamble or pay for something on the internet, so in my opinion, bitcoin gamblers who are currently still active in using bitcoin, I consider them to be rich people because of the high value of bitcoin. the more expensive it is, they still use it to gamble and have fun instead of using it as an investment asset for the future.
I agree, I had accepted the reality that doing small transaction using btc is not efficient or practical if you have other options like altcoins. I'm using altcoins for my gambling activities since it's a lot faster and cheaper, though it is still good if there's still a deposit option for bitcoin because I'm sure there are high rollers that are using bitcoin for there gambling activities.
At the end of the day, it will be our decision if how we will use our precious bitcoins. The different views and opinion about the current status of bitcoin will give us ideas if how we will use it.