You know a lot of people often ignore the part that gambling is also time consuming, the same way people spend and lose money in gambling, that is also how they spend and lose time too, and gamblers who are not conscious of the time they spend gambling, often end up spending more time than they are initially meant to, that is, they give time meant for something else to gambling, something that would've yielded a more profitable outcome if the time was invested in it, and this act alone could result to several missed opportunities.
Is gambling becoming so important that it consumes most of your time? For regular gamblers who gamble every day, it might indeed feel like that, but for those who have planned their gambling for specific times, they certainly won't feel that their time is wasted on gambling.
The loss of time for gamblers may not be too noticeable, although most gamblers certainly experience it. What is felt the most is the loss of a substantial amount of bets.