Do you think that this is aperfect analogy of how gambling addiction starts?

[bitvalak]

People who understand probability will not be addicted to gambling, because they know when to enter and when to end betting.
The only reason I believe why gambling is addictive is because the human brain is taught the phrase "you can win big by gambling".
This makes people compete to risk their money to gamble and hope to win big. The more often he loses, the more his subconscious mind automatically appears to want to play more often to take revenge for his defeat.

[swogerino]

People who understand probability will not be addicted to gambling, because they know when to enter and when to end betting.
The only reason I believe why gambling is addictive is because the human brain is taught the phrase "you can win big by gambling".
This makes people compete to risk their money to gamble and hope to win big. The more often he loses, the more his subconscious mind automatically appears to want to play more often to take revenge for his defeat.

This can also be learned with the time as you gain more and more experience as a gambler.For example I have been playing a specific slot right now,no need to name it but in any casino that offers us to see how many persons are playing that slot it is usually over 150 people contemporary playing it.It is a slot that gives you the bonus round very very often if played with the right currency (IDR) and I have seen that when it has no intention to pay out big usually the bonus rounds end in the first stage of it.When I spot such pattern quite some time I call it a day and stop playing because it is like saying to me that "I am not giving you anything therefore do not lose time and go away".With the time and experience someone learns to know the patterns where to stop,this also is somewhat helpful to not start the addiction at all.

[topbitcoin]

If you really understand about mathematical probability in gambling and you also know about how gambling systems work, then you will never gamble. because when it comes to profits, gambling is not a place to make profits. Except if you're really lucky.

Likewise with people who have just entered the world of gambling and those who have been trapped in gambling for a long time, apart from the pleasure they are looking for. Because gambling is about chance and luck, there are lots of people there (in the world of gambling) who try their luck and hope that they are part of the lucky ones. This hope is what triggers and becomes a motivation for someone to continue gambling and betting. And they believe that when they bet large amounts, the chances of winning are also large. And they believe that when they experience consecutive defeats, they assume that victory will be closer to achieving their victory. This is what makes someone keep going back to gambling even though they often lose.

[Fortify]

Read this transcript of Andreas Analogy of how gambling addiction kicks off and tell me if you think he is right or not. Basically, your opinion.

Gambling is a tax for people who don't understand the mathematics of probability. If you understand how probability works,  you can't ever rationally gamble. The only reason you would gamble is if you decided, "I am going to lose money; the fun I have while I am losing money is worth it." "I am paying a fee for temporary fun." But most people cannot do that. Once you become drawn into the game, the gambling process triggers these responses. You start getting confirmation bias, selection bias, and survivor bias. These are known cognitive biases. The person who wins thinks they were lucky, but they don't think about all the times they lost. As you are doing this, it is triggering your dopamine centers.

How it starts can be through a multitude of ways - often being in a certain receptive state of mind and falling for the idea of an easy way to earn money in the difficult world we live in. However reducing it to a few sentences does not necessarily capture why people are interested in gambling, take a lottery for example - even if the odds are many millions to one that you'll take the top prize, some people like the dream idea of being able to trade $2 for a jackpot worth many millions and it can give them a bit of hope in often monotonous lives. On a regular basis though, if you're playing casino games where you know that you lose $5 every time you bet $100, until your wallet is fully deplete, that is an effort in futility.

[Dewi Aries]

People who understand probability will not be addicted to gambling, because they know when to enter and when to end betting.
The only reason I believe why gambling is addictive is because the human brain is taught the phrase "you can win big by gambling".
This makes people compete to risk their money to gamble and hope to win big. The more often he loses, the more his subconscious mind automatically appears to want to play more often to take revenge for his defeat.

Understanding probability and understanding what gambling is as a whole then obviously I also have the same assumption as you that indeed they will avoid addiction, I will not say that they will 100% avoid addiction because clearly anything is very likely to happen, such as changes the mindset they experience because they are unable to resist all temptations that look tempting even though they are nothing more than traps. Yes, that's true, none other than because humans are created with common sense and they have a sense of curiosity within themselves which of course is what makes many gamblers finally enter the addiction phase which is confirmed by gambling which always happens randomly which makes them even more addicted. curious because it is difficult to win.

So the more you place hope and curiosity, the deeper you will be involved in the addiction cycle, that's why we are always advised to have firm self-control and control, because some situations in every session you play will always make you tempted to overact. .

[Onyeeze]

What that start gambling addiction is not about people that do not understand probability. When I was addicted, I understood everything and how I can lose, but I want to earn and make daily income from gambling. I thought I was better and looking for ways to earn money from it, but at the end, it was not a good story at all and I had to quit gambling for a year. This makes me think that others that are addicted is because they want to make money from gambling, looking for different strategies to increase the probability to earn than lose as I did when I was addicted but still nothing worked out as planned but losing money frequently.

You can not be addicted in gambling and also have other experience of escape root, and secondly in gambling once youa re addicted in gambling what you will be think is the process whereby you can be able to recover what you have spent so far in gambling, so addiction will make you to think that gambling is a source of living or source of life, so gambling have a spirit and once you start gambling you will definitely be thinking to make or win millions with gambling

[LUCKMCFLY]

People who understand probability will not be addicted to gambling, because they know when to enter and when to end betting.
The only reason I believe why gambling is addictive is because the human brain is taught the phrase "you can win big by gambling".
This makes people compete to risk their money to gamble and hope to win big. The more often he loses, the more his subconscious mind automatically appears to want to play more often to take revenge for his defeat.

This can also be learned with the time as you gain more and more experience as a gambler.For example I have been playing a specific slot right now,no need to name it but in any casino that offers us to see how many persons are playing that slot it is usually over 150 people contemporary playing it.It is a slot that gives you the bonus round very very often if played with the right currency (IDR) and I have seen that when it has no intention to pay out big usually the bonus rounds end in the first stage of it.When I spot such pattern quite some time I call it a day and stop playing because it is like saying to me that "I am not giving you anything therefore do not lose time and go away".With the time and experience someone learns to know the patterns where to stop,this also is somewhat helpful to not start the addiction at all.

Well, I think that women know nothing about mathematics, when you enter a casino to play, dice, roulette or any other game in a casino , you Know very well that Bears can be quite good when it comes to doing something like spreading some mathematics , patterns of even , odd, or something like that have already been Established, but When we are doing this it is something difficult, in my case I have an experience Regarding this , because when I was at the University, I was with a friend, we always went to roulette, because roulette had Certain patterns, sometimes we only discovered them to win, but from one moment to the next things Happened that he learned a pattern and I learned a different pattern, only that sometimes Sometimes we were also confused because the pattern was destroyed when we found the Pattern , things quickly started another pattern, also with the colors, one of the easiest ways to win is with the Colors , we always did Something like that because when we were present, What made us lose was 0 or 00, and in this case it was difficult to define how we could win.

In this order of ideas, we as a person can look for a way to earn more money , but it is Difficult, in fact we discovered that when we played it was Difficult when there were only the two of us in the roulette, it was easier when there were more people in the Roulette, people, now when it was completely full, things were easier because if or if someone at roulette had to win money, and that was when we were most interested, usually we would go at 6 in the afternoon because that was the way we saw it. The big fish arrived, told us what they were betting on the most, that was when we applied our biggest secrets, we already had signals and everything, so sometimes we were confused, we were confused because the music, the drink, the emotion, everything had an Influence.

[maydna]

What that start gambling addiction is not about people that do not understand probability. When I was addicted, I understood everything and how I can lose, but I want to earn and make daily income from gambling. I thought I was better and looking for ways to earn money from it, but at the end, it was not a good story at all and I had to quit gambling for a year. This makes me think that others that are addicted is because they want to make money from gambling, looking for different strategies to increase the probability to earn than lose as I did when I was addicted but still nothing worked out as planned but losing money frequently.

You can not be addicted in gambling and also have other experience of escape root, and secondly in gambling once youa re addicted in gambling what you will be think is the process whereby you can be able to recover what you have spent so far in gambling, so addiction will make you to think that gambling is a source of living or source of life, so gambling have a spirit and once you start gambling you will definitely be thinking to make or win millions with gambling

If they only think about winning millions by gambling from the start, they will experience disappointment because gambling will not give them that easily. They will lose more than they win at gambling games, even until they run out of money. They can get money from gambling but cannot get the winnings every day because more losses will come than they think. That's what will make them deeper into gambling until finally they become addicted to gambling, and they don't realize that they are addicted to gambling. If they want to make money, they should look elsewhere and not from gambling because that won't work for most people, so they shouldn't try too hard to get it.

[South Park]

If they only think about winning millions by gambling from the start, they will experience disappointment because gambling will not give them that easily. They will lose more than they win at gambling games, even until they run out of money. They can get money from gambling but cannot get the winnings every day because more losses will come than they think. That's what will make them deeper into gambling until finally they become addicted to gambling, and they don't realize that they are addicted to gambling. If they want to make money, they should look elsewhere and not from gambling because that won't work for most people, so they shouldn't try too hard to get it.

The allure of easy money is simply too strong for some people, but what they fail to realize is that what they consider to be easy money is in fact the most difficult way to make money that exists, as if you get a job and work hard then you will get a pay for your efforts, but in gambling since the odds are against you and if you bet for long enough then it becomes a certainty that you will lose money instead of making any, and yet there are many people every day that try to make money this way.

[rhomelmabini]

Read this transcript of Andreas Analogy of how gambling addiction kicks off and tell me if you think he is right or not. Basically, your opinion.

Gambling is a tax for people who don't understand the mathematics of probability. If you understand how probability works,  you can't ever rationally gamble. The only reason you would gamble is if you decided, "I am going to lose money; the fun I have while I am losing money is worth it." "I am paying a fee for temporary fun." But most people cannot do that. Once you become drawn into the game, the gambling process triggers these responses. You start getting confirmation bias, selection bias, and survivor bias. These are known cognitive biases. The person who wins thinks they were lucky, but they don't think about all the times they lost. As you are doing this, it is triggering your dopamine centers.

I think that definitely that's the perfect analogy I have ever read and I couldn't agree for more. Those biases are clearly the indicator we get drawn on it, it's really not noticeable but biases live upon us day by day not just in gambling but even on information we get especially nowadays in social media.

[Accardo]

People who understand probability will not be addicted to gambling, because they know when to enter and when to end betting.
The only reason I believe why gambling is addictive is because the human brain is taught the phrase "you can win big by gambling".
This makes people compete to risk their money to gamble and hope to win big. The more often he loses, the more his subconscious mind automatically appears to want to play more often to take revenge for his defeat.

This can also be learned with the time as you gain more and more experience as a gambler.For example I have been playing a specific slot right now,no need to name it but in any casino that offers us to see how many persons are playing that slot it is usually over 150 people contemporary playing it.It is a slot that gives you the bonus round very very often if played with the right currency (IDR) and I have seen that when it has no intention to pay out big usually the bonus rounds end in the first stage of it.When I spot such pattern quite some time I call it a day and stop playing because it is like saying to me that "I am not giving you anything therefore do not lose time and go away".With the time and experience someone learns to know the patterns where to stop,this also is somewhat helpful to not start the addiction at all.

Well, I think that women know nothing about mathematics, when you enter a casino to play, dice, roulette or any other game in a casino , you Know very well that Bears can be quite good when it comes to doing something like spreading some mathematics , patterns of even , odd, or something like that have already been Established, but When we are doing this it is something difficult, in my case I have an experience Regarding this , because when I was at the University, I was with a friend, we always went to roulette, because roulette had Certain patterns, sometimes we only discovered them to win, but from one moment to the next things Happened that he learned a pattern and I learned a different pattern, only that sometimes Sometimes we were also confused because the pattern was destroyed when we found the Pattern , things quickly started another pattern, also with the colors, one of the easiest ways to win is with the Colors , we always did Something like that because when we were present, What made us lose was 0 or 00, and in this case it was difficult to define how we could win.

In this order of ideas, we as a person can look for a way to earn more money , but it is Difficult, in fact we discovered that when we played it was Difficult when there were only the two of us in the roulette, it was easier when there were more people in the Roulette, people, now when it was completely full, things were easier because if or if someone at roulette had to win money, and that was when we were most interested, usually we would go at 6 in the afternoon because that was the way we saw it. The big fish arrived, told us what they were betting on the most, that was when we applied our biggest secrets, we already had signals and everything, so sometimes we were confused, we were confused because the music, the drink, the emotion, everything had an Influence.

Understanding probability works well for excellent Mathematicians, but sometimes they'll lose in gambling because the house also uniquely applies those mathematical rules and can be changed once discovered that a gambler is trying to discover the formula used in instructing the slot machine. Games like Dice can easily be known by a mathematician as he'll be able to detect an unfair die. While they have advantages over gambling outcomes, when and what to predict, they still fall for some losses, and when not careful would lose out more money, as they'll rely on their knowledge for probability which may end up failing them. Was once playing a poker game with some elderly men and a young teenager and one man at the table predicted that from the law of probability, he'll win before the next two rounds, and I wasn't there to know if it worked or not. But, somehow he was right, as it had to do with the knowledge of the people around him and the cards issued to him.

Games like roulette are difficult to predict using probabilities, as the numbers are too much to predict where the ball would roll and stop. Hence I prefer the strategy of choosing the color, black or red. It makes the prediction easier, though it has a lesser payout. When looking for a higher payout predicting 1-9 or a few ranges of numbers still works fine. It's better than losing out trying to predict the exact number, which has the most reward. Black roulette is a game that helps the player figure out some technique that could yield him some funds if he's active and observes the way the ball moves. However it takes a longer time to devise a strong strategy that works for the game, but once the game begins to interest a gambler he can make great predictions. A mathematician also has to undergo this process to be able to perform well in roulette games.

[stomachgrowls]

Read this transcript of Andreas Analogy of how gambling addiction kicks off and tell me if you think he is right or not. Basically, your opinion.

Gambling is a tax for people who don't understand the mathematics of probability. If you understand how probability works,  you can't ever rationally gamble. The only reason you would gamble is if you decided, "I am going to lose money; the fun I have while I am losing money is worth it." "I am paying a fee for temporary fun." But most people cannot do that. Once you become drawn into the game, the gambling process triggers these responses. You start getting confirmation bias, selection bias, and survivor bias. These are known cognitive biases. The person who wins thinks they were lucky, but they don't think about all the times they lost. As you are doing this, it is triggering your dopamine centers.

I think that definitely that's the perfect analogy I have ever read and I couldn't agree for more. Those biases are clearly the indicator we get drawn on it, it's really not noticeable but biases live upon us day by day not just in gambling but even on information we get especially nowadays in social media.

Before you would be starting on playing gambling then you would really be having those kind of thoughts on which it would really be something that pertains about responsible gambling on which you would really be setting those borderlines and telling that you shouldnt really be going beyond those lines but on the time that you do already have that session then everything would really be changed up along the way and its something that it is really hard to resist. Yes, you are thinking that gambling spending or money lost is really acting some sort of tax or simply that you are just playing for fun but it is really that very normal that your mind
and emotion would really be sharing up that kind of thoughts and idea that losing money isnt a must thing that happen. This is where it do triggers out for someone to become that desperate.

Each person does have that different level when it comes to things specially if we do speak about gambling where money could come fast and go. So it would really be just that right that
you should really be that mindful always on the things that you are dealing with.

[Gozie51]

If they only think about winning millions by gambling from the start, they will experience disappointment because gambling will not give them that easily. They will lose more than they win at gambling games, even until they run out of money. They can get money from gambling but cannot get the winnings every day because more losses will come than they think. That's what will make them deeper into gambling until finally they become addicted to gambling, and they don't realize that they are addicted to gambling. If they want to make money, they should look elsewhere and not from gambling because that won't work for most people, so they shouldn't try too hard to get it.

The allure of easy money is simply too strong for some people, but what they fail to realize is that what they consider to be easy money is in fact the most difficult way to make money that exists, as if you get a job and work hard then you will get a pay for your efforts, but in gambling since the odds are against you and if you bet for long enough then it becomes a certainty that you will lose money instead of making any, and yet there are many people every day that try to make money this way.

The truth is that everyone wants money and easy money at that and most have seen gambling to be able to do that and that is why we are having more gamblers this time yet many are not succeeding. Gambling winnings is only temporary. If you win today you may not win tomorrow and you will need to use the money won to keep playing until you have another win but being unlucky is usually the case that you have to go back to deposit more money.

Hoping to make huge earnings from gambling is skin to the reason for the bizarre news we get concerning gambling loses on this forum. If gamblers manage their bankroll properly, those cases of outrageous loses may not happen. Gambling is not a get rich quick scheme, it is most difficult to have a consistent win and if you don't have consistent winning you will earn up losing what you have won and make new deposit to continue playing.

[Weawant]

What that start gambling addiction is not about people that do not understand probability. When I was addicted, I understood everything and how I can lose, but I want to earn and make daily income from gambling. I thought I was better and looking for ways to earn money from it, but at the end, it was not a good story at all and I had to quit gambling for a year. This makes me think that others that are addicted is because they want to make money from gambling, looking for different strategies to increase the probability to earn than lose as I did when I was addicted but still nothing worked out as planned but losing money frequently.

You can not be addicted in gambling and also have other experience of escape root, and secondly in gambling once youa re addicted in gambling what you will be think is the process whereby you can be able to recover what you have spent so far in gambling, so addiction will make you to think that gambling is a source of living or source of life, so gambling have a spirit and once you start gambling you will definitely be thinking to make or win millions with gambling

Gambling addiction is something we should never allow ourselves to get to experience before we are able to stop because in some cases, you may not be able to quit gambling at the time you get addicted especially when you begin to think towards recovering all they you have lost gambling, you may end up becoming so addicted that you may not be able to stop again.

When you gamble, don't allow your self to think that by gambling more you will be able to get back all that you have lost gambling because it's a trap to getting you addicted without really knowing but if you are cautious enough to just setting a limit daily regardless of how much you lost or win, there are chances you will maintain a healthy gambling habit with little or no addiction but it's best with no addiction. staying responsible gambling is another way to escape addiction especially when you know how well to manage your bankroll.

[Slow death]

People who understand probability will not be addicted to gambling, because they know when to enter and when to end betting.
The only reason I believe why gambling is addictive is because the human brain is taught the phrase "you can win big by gambling".
This makes people compete to risk their money to gamble and hope to win big. The more often he loses, the more his subconscious mind automatically appears to want to play more often to take revenge for his defeat.

Because and sports betting are games that depend on mathematical skills for the person to be able to achieve some success, but even so there are many people who are very skilled in mathematics and poker and who are people addicted to gambling, you can ask them how It is possible that those people should be able to take a few minutes to analyze the design of gambling games and they would easily be able to understand that gambling games were not designed for them to be profitable, but rather the house always makes a profit. but the ego speaks louder, greed speaks louder and the person who thought and acted more rationally begins to think more emotionally, completely forgets about mathematics and starts to cling to greed.

I myself have seen certain people who pride themselves on being good at math and poker, saying that they spent the whole day in a casino playing and drinking beer, wine and other drinks, after the game they go to the hotel to have sex with lots of women, so he can celebrate because he won. a lot of money. In his head he starts to look at the poker game as his fight against the casino in which they are mortal enemies. When the guy loses, he starts making threats that he will play again the next day and win a lot of money to harm the casino, and then he will play again the next day to win more money. and the guy actually goes back to playing the next day.

he no longer realizes that he is addicted to gambling, and when he loses all his capital the real problem begins, he will sell everything he has to go back to gambling, after he sells everything and there is nothing left for him to sell, he will not do it again. Some loan to continue playing and he asked for everything again. This cycle will only end when he is arrested or killed or if someone with courage and a good eye discovers early on that he is addicted and needs urgent treatment and takes him to the gallows and puts him in isolation in a place very far from people and with no internet for him. be able to heal. are the only possible ends

[Iroh]

People who understand probability will not be addicted to gambling, because they know when to enter and when to end betting.
The only reason I believe why gambling is addictive is because the human brain is taught the phrase "you can win big by gambling".
This makes people compete to risk their money to gamble and hope to win big. The more often he loses, the more his subconscious mind automatically appears to want to play more often to take revenge for his defeat.

In a way, you’re right. People who are aware and fully understand probability won’t necessarily fall into addiction. There is great awareness that the game could go either way and you could lose as well as have a win.
I don’t think we’re taught about the possibility of wining big with gambling. But the success stories of numerous people over the years who have played and won big with gambling. Those big wins won by other people is motivation enough for others to continue having high hopes of winning theirs. The more success stories they hear, the more motivated they become. He probably won’t be aware of the accumulated amount of money lost during the quest to win big.

[uneng]

Gambling is a tax for people who don't understand the mathematics of probability.

It's not a tax, but there is tax included, like every other services you pay for. When you go to the movies, you are going there to have fun and there is a tax added to the ticket price. When you go travelling, eating out, to the night club, concert, theater there is also a tax included on the final price you are going to pay, but it worths, because you are getting entertained and satisfied. The same applies to gambling.

If you understand how probability works,  you can't ever rationally gamble.

Why not? Rationally gamblers know the chances are against them on long run due to the house edge factor. Still, they are gambling because, rationally, it's a activity which gives them pleasure and enjoyment. If the gambling routine is functional, it's totally rational from gamblers side.

The only reason you would gamble is if you decided, "I am going to lose money; the fun I have while I am losing money is worth it." "I am paying a fee for temporary fun."

That is true, and it's a pretty rational thought from gamblers...

But most people cannot do that. Once you become drawn into the game, the gambling process triggers these responses. You start getting confirmation bias, selection bias, and survivor bias. These are known cognitive biases. The person who wins thinks they were lucky, but they don't think about all the times they lost. As you are doing this, it is triggering your dopamine centers.

If people can't do that, just don't gamble. It's not a hobby for them in this case. If something isn't being healthy and rewarding for you, give up and stay away. What the people you mentioned should do is to seek for activities which will fulfill their personal needs. There are many other things to do aiming to liberate happiness and pleasure hormones.

Anyway, gambling process will only trigger such noxious responses in case the person has a predisposition to develop an addictive behavior. It doesn't happen to everyone, neither to most people. Only few people will face this issue, otherwise we would be already living in a society of degenerated gamblers.

[alegotardo]

Read this transcript of Andreas Analogy of how gambling addiction kicks off and tell me if you think he is right or not. Basically, your opinion.

Gambling is a tax for people who don't understand the mathematics of probability. If you understand how probability works,  you can't ever rationally gamble. The only reason you would gamble is if you decided, "I am going to lose money; the fun I have while I am losing money is worth it." "I am paying a fee for temporary fun." But most people cannot do that. Once you become drawn into the game, the gambling process triggers these responses. You start getting confirmation bias, selection bias, and survivor bias. These are known cognitive biases. The person who wins thinks they were lucky, but they don't think about all the times they lost. As you are doing this, it is triggering your dopamine centers.

The worst mistake in any bet is to count only on winnings and forget about all the money you have already lost. I think this is worse than that player who bitterly recounts all the defeats he has had and is still chasing the loss, because the latter knows he is doing badly... the problem is when someone doesn't realize how much money they have losing, even if it's just for fun.

In fact, I think that if people actually knew all the probabilities of the game, they would play much less... most players enter games with the objective of making money and not having fun.

Would it be ideal for everyone to know the probabilities? Should casinos make this information very explicit: "your chances of winning something with this game are only 40%"?
No, I don't think so, because even then this information would still go unnoticed by many players.

[Hirose UK]

Gambling is a tax for people who don't understand the mathematics of probability.

It's not a tax, but there is tax included, like every other services you pay for. When you go to the movies, you are going there to have fun and there is a tax added to the ticket price. When you go travelling, eating out, to the night club, concert, theater there is also a tax included on the final price you are going to pay, but it worths, because you are getting entertained and satisfied. The same applies to gambling.

You are right, because we gamble for entertainment and pleasure, everything that has to be spent or paid for each bet must be acceptable and just think of it as payment for the pleasure we feel, the better idea is to think of these expenses as the same as paying when going to entertainment venues.
If we have wrong assumptions and always think that spending is not appropriate then my advice is not to continue and leave gambling because gambling is an activity that requires certain amount of money and of course you have to be willing to lose that amount of money.
Nothing is free, no one can get what they want just for free because satisfaction always has price to pay.

If you understand how probability works,  you can't ever rationally gamble.

Why not? Rationally gamblers know the chances are against them on long run due to the house edge factor. Still, they are gambling because, rationally, it's a activity which gives them pleasure and enjoyment. If the gambling routine is functional, it's totally rational from gamblers side.

Indeed, every gambler can and certainly knows how probability works in gambling and in fact they still gamble, they still use the money they have earned from work just to gamble and most of them also gamble rationally.
The only answer is that they gamble with pleasure, in fact they are aware of all the risks and consequences of gambling which can result in addiction or massive losses, but they throw away all these thoughts for the sake of the pleasure they can get.
After all, they gamble with their own money and their own decisions so no one knows what their goals and mindset are towards gambling.

[ethereumhunter]

Gambling is a tax for people who don't understand the mathematics of probability.

It's not a tax, but there is tax included, like every other services you pay for. When you go to the movies, you are going there to have fun and there is a tax added to the ticket price. When you go travelling, eating out, to the night club, concert, theater there is also a tax included on the final price you are going to pay, but it worths, because you are getting entertained and satisfied. The same applies to gambling.

You are right, because we gamble for entertainment and pleasure, everything that has to be spent or paid for each bet must be acceptable and just think of it as payment for the pleasure we feel, the better idea is to think of these expenses as the same as paying when going to entertainment venues.
If we have wrong assumptions and always think that spending is not appropriate then my advice is not to continue and leave gambling because gambling is an activity that requires certain amount of money and of course you have to be willing to lose that amount of money.
Nothing is free, no one can get what they want just for free because satisfaction always has price to pay.

Yes, it is best to leave gambling if we feel that it is no longer what we hoped for. We can't stay gambling while not getting what we want. Maybe it is time for us to leave gambling even though we have lost some money from gambling before, but that is a risk we accept because in gambling, we do have the opportunity to experience defeat. The defeat can even be big if we are not good at controlling ourselves and we will lose more money.

In the beginning, people played gambling just because they wanted to know what gambling games were like. But over time, they become more and more interested and then get deeper into gambling without thinking about what risks could happen to them so they keep gambling. And many people don't understand how probability works so they just get deeper and deeper into gambling without being able to understand when they should leave gambling. But they have been given the opportunity to quit gambling without any coercion and they still want to gamble because they still hope to win from gambling.