Some people are addicted to gambling due to their previous failure in business, or lack of business ideas, the dabbled around excuses that what if the business ideas they perceived didn't work out well. These made them to prefer taking a short cut to amass wealth, but failed to understand that the money stake on gambling could vanish in a tickling of an eye. If the gambler had known that their over ambitious attitude over accumulation of wealth would amount to zero gain, they would have used the money for other profitable business that will bring them lifetime earnings.