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.
In this case we are talking about folks who are already addicted or on their way to addiction. These folks spend more time on the screen, I've seen people who go to gambling outlets and casinos in the early hours of the morning, and if you go back there in the evening, you'll still find them there gambling and watching the screen, like it's a full time paid job, the folks spend the little money they've got as well as their whole day and time gambling, only to go back home and start thinking about how to get money to go back the next day, just to lose it again.