I'm confused and looking for answers
If you are lonely, can you have interest in gambling simply because of your loneliness?
It depends on the kind of loneliness you are talking about because I don't think there is a connection between loneliness and gambling, although loneliness can result to other things but I don't think it could result to gambling on less you have interest on gambling, however one of the stuff that result or makes someone to start gambling is being jobless and at that moment you are vulnerable to anything that can easily Fitch money for you and perhaps gambling will be the only solution so that's one of the things that makes someone to join gambling easily.
This is valid, unless you also have that kind of interest with gambling, your loneliness will lead you to keep playing to forget about something,
but on the other hand, you are developing addiction.
Though there are many other things that you can be involve with, but if you are already have that desire to play it can bring you to keep playing from time to time, making you to resort your loneliness to gambling and add more danger to yourself.
Once addiction dominates you, it will surely harm the balance with your mental and financial capabilities.