Gambling is the activity or practice of playing at a game of chance for money or other stakes. Examples of gambling include poker machines, lotto, scratchies, card games, horse racing, football matches and other sporting games, bingo, raffles, stock market etc. Gambling is one of the earliest forms of entertainment that has ever taken place in human history. Evidence points to the earliest forms of gambling taking place in China back around 2300 B.C. Many people get Gambling and Gambling addiction confused. The easiest way to distinguish the different is that a Gambling addiction is just simply not knowing where to stop with your money.