Yes it is true that the idea of controlling and limiting anything related to gambling is the right action to take as a precautionary measure, I'm not saying that you won't lose because no matter what and no matter how small it is, every gambler will still lose but maybe if you have some precautions such as putting limits and controls then the amount you lose will not be too big and will not be a big problem in your financial balance and however this is a must for all gamblers to have and implement controls and limits like this if you want to stay safe and avoid the significant adverse effects of gambling in the long run.
There are always lessons that we can learn from events and you don't have to wait for them to happen to you because there are enough examples of addicted gamblers that we can learn from and not follow their ways of gambling if you don't want the same fate as them, As you said above my friend, limiting the gambling budget in the sense of only putting the amount we can afford to lose and also limiting in terms of time so that we avoid the many temptations that can make us tempted and this is a healthy approach to gambling and is recommended for long-term safety.
Controlling and limiting anything related to gambling is a must thing that every gambler must do to prevent any problems that can occurs to them. The biggest problem is when they become addicted to gambling that will not easy to cure and needs to realize that they already addicted to gambling so they will trying to solve their problems. The preventions of the addicted to gambling can be happens if the gamblers have a realization that they already addicted to gambling and wants to solve the addiction. If not, they will only getting deeper in gambling and will not see a chance to cure the addiction.
We must takes the lessons that we gets from our experiences or others so we can prevent the worst problems that can occurs to us. We must used gambling as a fun things and not to makes money although some people can makes money but we must realizes that we will difficult to makes that money. Limiting the budgets will be the way to prevents the biggest loses and only playing gambling with the money we can afford. If we can stick to that, we will not used too much money to playing gambling because we realizes about the problems so we don't trying to playing gambling too long.
Yes as I said above, and the reason is that gambling is always about uncertainty which means that you will never know when the time you can win and therefore obviously some precautions should be taken and prioritized during the involvement, not least because yes after all this is the best approach if you are involved in gambling so that you can stay in the safe zone in the long run and also so that we avoid the possibility of addiction which as you say that addiction is a disease that is very difficult to cure which is where most addicts always end up in a downfall.
The only best option if you still want to engage in gambling is to put the intention and purpose for entertainment in gambling and never think about making money because there are so many facts in gambling that will never be able to make you succeed in actually being able to make money, and in fact the opposite will happen where instead of making money but you lose a lot, and the point is that I hope that you or whoever it is to always think and look at things rationally because then you will be able to make decisions that really make sense.