I must say I am excited about this topic, I am speaking from experience, that to become an investor you have to have a source of income that can cater for your basic and emergency needs, that way you can invest and allow your investment to mature and yield profit. This should serve as a guide for new investors as to think long term when investing.
As long as it's an investment it should be fine.
But if all you do is simply work to get money to put it into gambling, then the casino is the one who has a source, not you ...