We can give any interpretation to how we Gamble, but we must always recall that it is a game of probability and there is no certainty in any game we play that makes us to have confidence of winning, if you are not able to take the risk to gamble, then we should not risk our life as well on it, we must be a gambler that have an understanding of what is involved to enjoy every time we are gambling.
If you are afraid of the backlash of dedicating life on the game of probability, specifically gambling, there are other options aside from gambling that also deal with probability but have a lesser risk. As I read, many professional traders thinks trading is a game of probability.
With the accumulated statistics and data of the trading pair, the trader then assumes something from what he understands, then he predicts a probability by giving a buy or sell order at his assumed price.
Trading is certainly not a game of probability except for the person who doesn't know how to trade and I will give you a a very simply example..
Imagine we are in a bull season where bitcoin and almost every single top and medium and some lower rank or class altcoins are going up, you enter the market to trade, you know you are going for nothing other than long, you just have to not be too greedy and ensure you choose the right leverage, and then open your long position and watch your profit roll in, in this type of market condition, there is a good level of certainty, like a guarantee that if you long the market, you will make profit...
This is something that is not possible in gambling, like let's take sports betting for example, no matter how good a team is, you as a gambler can never be certain or 100 percent sure that they will always win every single match they play, but in trading, there is a type of market condition that you enter the market then to trade, you will be 100 percent sure that you will make profit, the question you will be asking yourself is "how much am I gonna make today?"