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Gambling is never bad, people that had bad impression towards gambling had a reason for that and the reason is not far from being as a result of addicted gamblers. Since gambling have been in existence to date, if there was no body that got addicted and had their life destroyed, would anyone see gambling as something bad? I doubt not. Some people see gambling as an activity with bad effect because of addicted gamblers, if everyone were to gambler responsibly, no body will talk against it.
The truth is that gambling is not wrong, it's just that when a gambler has reached a situation of gambling addiction, it often leads to spending more money outside the gambling budget, of course this has an impact on real life. Gambling responsibly is always a gambler's best option for better financial control, but it's not uncommon for that rule to be broken because the gambler has been caught up in the illusion of winning.