As the title says, What first got you into gambling, and what keeps you coming back?
It is because of:
a. peer pressure?
b. early exposure to it?
c. social influence?
d. the dream of winning big and have a good and better life?
e. to cope with stress?
I also put up a poll vote so we can understand it more. As for me, it's more of the early exposure to it, whether inside the house or outside. I remember when there was a family gathering when I was small, I will witnessed older relatives playing card games. And obviously my father is a gambler as well.
So let's see others might have other reasons to gamble.
I first got to know gambling because I saw a friend who was gambling and at that time he managed to win so I was quite curious and wanted to do it, in the first gamble I did I also made a silly and funny mistake because I didn't know anything before so I asked my friend how to deposit properly.
Actually there was no pressure from my friend, it was just my own interest that I wanted to do it because I was curious, and over time I came to understand more or less.
I think the point you made is really accurate, with the beginning maybe social influence or pressure from friends and point D arose. but instead of aiming for point E what happened was the opposite haha.