Sometimes ago I was in dear need of money up around $120 in my local currency, and for that time I only have around $37 iny possession, only two options are open and left for me, 1: is to ask for a loan from my bank to cover up my $120 expenses
2: is to gamble with the money not the entire money at least $20 out of my available funds that time, I took that risk and in the end I was lucky to win a bet of multiple tickets that accumulated around 10 odds in total and that winning cover up for all my financial needs at that time.
I get your point from this statement and I believe this is one of those reasons why gambling should also be considered positive. because like the op said that if gambling is that bad then we shouldn't be gambling. The reasons why people talk more negative about gambling than positive is because the ratio of losee are more than the winning and I can not disprove that fact. Now you have won this amount during your need, it has somehow cover up for your expenses and you may have forgotten the loses you encounterd . I see gambling as good and bad depending on how we treat it.