The largest gambling dens on the planet are the worlds stock markets and no one is talking "morally wrong" about them. Fortunes are made and lost everyday.
Back in the day, I bought a nice chunk of gold. Things look good right now but you never know. It's a gamble. I could lose it all. (Of course I have a sell order if gold ever drops under a thousand.)
Gambling is like driving a car or so many other things. You can have fun with it or you can get stupid. If you cannot see that, you shouldn't be gambling.
not everybody is smart enough to deal with the stock market.if you don't know what your doing or how to cut corners then its a real risk,...now gambling is something almost everyone tries once and they look at it as a game of chance with no skill involved and they take a shot,some come back for another shot at it and some say the hell with this,but in the market its a business and its a lot more money changing hands than any sports gambling and some other types,.....JMO