But I would be interested in how you answer the question of whether free games can be considered gambling. Another way to put this is: can gambling be free? Do free games excite you as much as games that involve betting money?
I do not consider or consider free games to be part of gambling because gambling is done intentionally by betting something like the general definition of gambling.
Yes. It can. Free games can excite me to play when I am bored without money that I can play like the gambling that I like.
On average, I play free games when the conditions I described and to pass the time in the midst of boredom hit me like now which is just sitting in front of the computer.