I would just caution to keep a psychological wall of separation between investing and gambling. In the future you may encounter harder times and you may be temp

I would just caution to keep a psychological wall of separation between investing and gambling. In the future you may encounter harder times and you may be tempted to gamble more, if you think you have learned something about gambling with your $1000. Personally I don't gamble with individual stocks at all, both because of my risk tolerance and because I wouldn't want to make it a habit.