I gamble over 10 year's, I play different game's and my favorite one's are poker, Caribbean poker, roulette, sport betting and others from time to time.
I like to play game's, I enjoy in that. Card game's, sport game's, computer game's, board game's, sex game's, you name it..
So if you ask me what is gambling my answer is very simple:" Gambling is when you play a game on a higher level".
Every time when you risk to lose something you already have ( money, goods, soul ..) you are gambling. That is life! And no matter how much I like to win on all fields I know its impossible, it's a game/life full with ups and downs, winners and losers.. it's a fact!
How will you play? How will you win? How will you be clever then opponents? Depends from the game, your knowledge about it, experience...
The one's who play and risk are the people that have chances to do something more in life. So don't be scared, and if you lose don't quit..find the game you like and try it. And people who don't like casino games can go and risk in something else. Just don't say how addicted I'm or some other stupid thing.
Gambling is putting in money in order to play some games in order to win more money. So gambling is a risk that people are willing to take in order to make more money.
I am not a gambler because I do not like to lose money.
And when you go to city to find some nice girl to fuck, don't you think you risk to get sexually transmitted infection? Like genital herpes, syphilis, gonorrhea, aids/ hiv.....
So you can just lose your penis, so for me its also gambling.
I lost 5 dollars yesterday in casino, but I don't regret it. Can you say the same that you don't regret cause of your mistakes?