Is Gambling with your hard earned money Worth it because I have come to the conclusion that gambling is a scam
I think you need to know the definition of what scam is. Scam means to deceive or defraud someone. It means the victim does not know the intention of the scammer is to defraud him or her (the victim). If you are gambling, you know exactly what gambling is and that means it is not a scam.
but in the past there have been cases of gambling that were scams, such as cases of slot machine scams. so in my opinion OP is not wrong in asking this question, there are articles that talk about how to identify slot machine scams, an example of this article:
https://sdlccorp.com/post/how-to-identify-and-avoid-slot-game-scams-and-fraud/
I've seen the government here in my country seizing slot machines because they were scams, I've also seen the government here in my country banning certain gambling because they were scams.