Well, it is all about greed that drives something like this "terrible illusion." Why? Because when a person thinks about money and winning at the casino, all the things that appear in their mind are about winning. And they will do anything to make it happen. Unfortunately, casinos don't allow it. Instead, casinos make use of it to make these greedy gamblers lose more.
As long as we've been driven by greed, there's no way to find satisfaction and happiness in gambling. Instead, this will easily put us into the trap of addiction.
Yeah, I think you're right.
At the end of the day greed is the main driver of casinos and gamblers.
Ultimately only of them gets the money though, and it is usually not the gamblers.