I have been on the market for about 8 years, I can say one thing, trading is not gambling only in the case of spot trading, but contracts and leverage are definitely a casino, since the risk increases with leverage, even leverage x5 can easily leave you with 0 on the balance, but in spot trading it is very difficult to go into the minus, if in spot trading you trade in the general minus, this is not for you.
Yeah, it's always good for a beginner to stick to spot trading for staying safe while watching the market and maintaining the quantity of coin that only loss and gain value when decreases and increases. Going for contract as well as futures are extremely risky and the same thing as casino like you said, I personally don't trade on futures because of this until I learn how to trade on them.