Just want to share something I’ve observed in our community. I know a few people who are consistent gamblers, yet they also work really hard. It seems like gambling actually pushes them to hustle more, because they need money to fuel their gambling activities.
In their case, they’ve been gambling for years, but they’re still responsible with work, so I don’t see it as pure irresponsibility. Their motivation might be different, but they’re still putting in the effort, even if the end goal is just to fund their gambling.
I think this is one positive side to gambling that I have also observed here. A lot of people do not have hope of earning the amounts of money they are aiming to win from gambling. So this hope of winning big and changing their lives keeps them motivated to work very hard in other to gamble since gambling have now been seen as a means of achieving their dreams. Even though this mindset is wrong because gambling is supposed to be aimed at earning passive income only and not a means to achieving dreams, it still have the advantage of giving a good number of people hope of a better life.