Perhaps it will get better, but…
ezinearticles is well established directory with many people visiting it and seeing your published content, new directory, even created by same people doesn’t guarantee same effect. It’s not much different from visiting any other article directory.
Separating gambling content from everything else has another negative effect – your articles are displayed only for people specifically looking for it, when in its previous form you had an exposure before eyes of people who just browsed to it … sometimes a good thing.
Most of us gamblers by nature and gamble every day, in many cases without realizing it, like driving car and talking on a phone – hell of a lot bigger gamble then playing few hands of BJ to me!