Let's start with the simple choice: Do you consider yourself to have a gambling problem affecting your happiness, security, relationships, finances, etc? (Yes or No)
My gambling life is not affecting any part of my life. Be it happiness, security or my relationship. What I always do is to make sure what ever I do in gambling is no attached to emotion. Because Puting your mind fully on gambling might make you find yourself in one of the listed problems above but gambling is a thing of calculation and endurance. and also applying smartness to it, will make it not to deprive you of your responsibilities, care and affection to your relationship. Gambling should be a good investment when you study and play smart.
The most important thing in gambling is to control yourself. Gambling causes many problems for those who become addicted, suffer from turmoil and suffer more financially. If a person can control his emotions then there is really no problem in gambling. There are many responsible gamblers who know how to keep themselves connected by gambling smartly, they don't have any effect on themselves but they get pleasure from gambling and prosper financially. If you can control yourself in the gambling place the problem is less.