I like gambling.
I think if done correctly you can use it as a sort of mental practice. A mental weightlifting if you will. When you put lots of money on the line you experience all sorts of emotions(good and bad), and if not managed properly it will rekt you.
But you can see your own greed, fear, hates, loves. All of it comes out when you are gambling. You also start to notice how easily you are manipulated into liking or hating something based purely off how much money you have ridding on it.
So I don’t think of it as gambling. I think of it as some advanced zen-meditation-practice.