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.
Exactly the point and absolutely in line with what I said in my previous comment, gambling is completely good or bad, is solely in our hands as gamblers to decide how it turns out for us, those who want to gambling to be good for them will simply gamble according to the rules, while those who want gambling to be bad for them will gamble in a manner which they themself like.
But generally, gambling is very good and even come with some health and mental benefits, first I know is that it's improves our mind and teaches us how to take, deal and manage risk, gambling is not the only thing we will do or engage ourself in that will be risky, those learning how to take, deal with and manage risk is one good lesson that gambling teaches us before hand if we start it early, not like underaged gambling but starting when our adulthood begin and we can already fend for ourself.