As a chinese, even on CNY we never gamble. That was how my generation was taught since we were born.

But occasionally we do play cards and mah jong etc without the money just to have fun.

Though I do have an uncle that goes to Genting every sunday without fail to gamble. The way he did was only bring a set amount of cash (a few hundreds maybe, not sure) and just lose it all and come back. Just to satisfy his addiction.