This scenario is normal in gambling and majority of gamblers must have experienced this. Sometimes we start gambling with the intention of having fun but in the long run, we might hit a huge figure and sometimes the urge for gambling more keeps increasing, and when you fall for that and loss everything there is no way you'll leave with a smile on your face, even if you try faking it, there is always someone you cannot deceive, which is yourself. At least that amount would have helped in paying some bills, and grabbing some bottles or a sweet time with your family and friends. But there are also times where you decrease the amount you use in placing your bet for the purpose of increasing the gambling time and having fun.
Theirs no one who gamble with the intention of gambling always because of catching fun, that's capital lie, people claim to gamble because of they are catching fun why what they have in their mind to gamble is to win and make profit, a profit making is one of the things that make almost people that gamble with casino and people that gamble because of soccer game to gamble, we need to understand that gambling have different things that make people to gamble, if you are gambling because of fun that doesn't mean that majority of people gamble for fun, as it stance now, I will say that majority gamble to make money not to catch fun.
Who says there is anyone who gamble always with the intention of catching fun, I think you need you read properly before making your comment so you don't bring up conclusions or counters without any prove, you can read the both comments you quoted and there's no one talking about any gambler gambler who gambles all the time just to waste his money claiming that he's catching fun. Primarily the purpose of gamble is to make profit, but there are times where you gamble not fixing all your hopes in making profits because you know that the system isn't fair and so you gamble with Little stakes and prolong your time. There are persons who even gamble for long period of time all in the name of trying to learn the algorithm of how the casino game works and trust within this period they are on the losing side but they don't care because their interests is not to make money at that time.