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?
In my opinion, without involving money, it cannot be called gambling because there is no risk whatsoever in the outcome, we do not lose or gain anything other than just fun.
But gambling can be free, for example when you get freebets or freespins, which when you lose you don't lose anything and it's a lucky thing if you can win it.
Free games still make me excited but not as much as when using money where there are emotions involved so the desire to get money increases, free games only relieve boredom for a moment.
Well, for me, free games, like free bets and so on still produce exactly same level of excitement for me, same as when I have to pay for the bet, and the reason for this is very simple, and that is, the end goal is the same, and that again is that, I place bets with money expecting to win more money in return, and when the casino gifts me some free bets, I am also expecting to win some money from it, so there is no less of excitement here, whether a bet be paid for or free, it's just about the same risk the gambler is taking, and let me explain a bit further.
The only way a gambler will feel different about a bet he spent money is, is if he is usually taking high risk, that is, betting with an amount of money he or she can not afford to lose, for someone like myself who makes sure to always and only bet with money that l already considered lost even before I place bets wit it, it's simply no difference when the casino gives me a free bet.