In my view OP has cosmetic way of looking at things. The shot cut to poverty is loafing  and inactive life rather than gambling.  Stirring imposed by gambling on people who have active live and have skills to make money in all possible ways may result in  enhancing  the  entrepreneur's streaks relevant to given characters. Thus, all depends on the given character. If the person is lazy per se then the  poverty at the end  no matter whether he is gambler or not .