"It's good to learn from others, so you don't have to learn expensive lessons yourself"
I read this quote long ago, and I have been learning from others ever since

I know people irl who destroyed themselves/their families by gambling activities, there is this story of Mahabharta [1] where king Yudhisthira was led to ruins by gambling — so what saved you from doing stupid in gambling?
The last two parts describe the one vice and addiction of the virtuous king Yudhishthira – gambling. Shakuni, encouraged by Duryodhana, mocks Yudhishthira and tempts him into a game of dice. Yudhishthira bets everything and loses the game, leading to the eventual exile of the Pandavas.
In regarding about on learning up things then reading up or trying to see other people real time experiences towards gambling could open up your eyes already that this is highly a devastative thing. If you arent that good when it comes to financial management then you could be ending up on disaster if you arent that mindful in regarding into the actions that you are taking. Dont make yourself that naive or numb on whats happening on which specially if you are already losing up money and goes beyond or outside of your limitation then you would definitely be ending up on having that situation on which it could cause up that huge impact into your finances. If you dont like on sleeping on the streets then it would be that ideal that you should be that sensibility when it comes into your actions and dont let yourself that getting dragged into the ground just because you've been that tolerating out such situation. Always be that wary of your actions then you would be just that fine in compared into those people who do just simply that reject out or dont mind such on to those probabilities.
You can avoid on achieving or doing some stupid mistakes if you are that sensible into the things that you see around or would be able to read it up. One of the pros on having that habit on reading up or having that awareness about on the things that happening around then you can apply it out into yourself and with that then you can be able adjust accordingly. Getting safe is just that simply making use of your own common sense then it would be just that normal that there might be some mistakes on which its normal but it could be avoided on which you do need up to have that awareness in the end of the day. Gamble for fun and dont chase up on trying out to make money with it then you wont be facing up any issues with it. Just make it sure that you wouldnt be that becoming impulsive and having that losing control.