Sure, gambling can be exciting for a lot of folks. Including me. The chance of winning gives a rush. But we always gotta think - is the fun worth the harm it can cause? Gambling ain't a game like football with cheering crowds and it can hurt people badly, financially and psychologically. If you are not ready for that, you can always find safer ways to get your joy that don't put everything at stake.
This is for sure that only people who are prone to risky behavior are truly addicted to gambling. Often this character trait of a person can even be described as a certain courage. Or as bold, defiant behavior. But not all people have such character traits, and therefore many people, having lost a little at gambling, understand that this activity is not for them. And that they do not get as much pleasure and positive emotions from gambling as happens with brave gamblers.
Now I think that in the general mass of people in general, there are much fewer such brave people than weak and, one might say, shy and apathetic ones.