I loved your post and the example you gave, as I knew of a similar case, the case of the acquaintance who was never able to recover what he lost. It is also true that there are people who do well with betting, but it is risky. It is better to limit yourself in time than to keep losing, which is the most common result.A man lost is wife and property to betting and after selling is last posession, he later won 16 million and now his wife is back to him.
To me betting is a spirit, you just have to over come it in other to be something in life. The story I told was not to encourage you to bet but to show you how bet can destroy you and make you rich, if you can pass through what the man went through, then be my guess, but if you want have a life that is free from suffering, you have to stop betting, it's a very bad addiction