I am beginning to think that the only time a gambler gambles for fun is only when he gambles with what he can afford to lose. In this case, a gambler has $10,000 as his savings, and he gambles with $1000 down, he or she won't feel sad when they lose it (it means they gambled for fun). But if a gambler who has the same $10,000 gambles for above $5,000, and he loses all of them, the gambler won't be happy about his actions, and it might result in chasing of losses (which means he didn't gamble for fun). It means that both those that say they aren't gambling for fun sometimes gamble for fun, mostly when they risk an amount they can afford to lose. The actual time you gamble for fun is when you risk what you can afford to lose and not when you say you want to gamble for fun. However, a gambler might say he will gamble for fun and still end up not gambling for fun when he starts gambling. One can know a responsible gambler if he starts gambling.
I think so. But the given sum is too huge in my opinion. I think that 10 percent of the total sum in your pocket is too much to spend these savings on gambling. I think that you can't spend more than five percent on gambling, and only if all basic payments and needs are paid. If not, then money should not be allocated for gambling. Because it's just entertainment.
But unfortunately, many players do not think so and primarily allocate money to gambling.
Actually it all depends on how much the gambler spends per month, with that he can choose to gamble with 10% of his salary or not. However, it's good not to gamble with a lot of money, mostly when you have a lot of expenses to do in the month, that's is why I said the amount a gambler should choose to gamble with all depends on how much he spend per day in a whole month.
Some reasons why most gamblers borrowed money to gamble is probably because they failed to settle their expenses before they gamble and at the middle of the month they might have run low on funds and the only option they have is to borrow and survive within the rest of the days. And at this point that they borrowed the money to gamble, they hoped to win and pay back their loan, and at the process of gambling they also chased their losses.