What do you feel I said that was not entirely correct? Certainly there are many gambling related affiliate websites in dmoz. All I tried to say is that it is a challenge to get an affiliate site included, that legitimate non-affiliate revenue generation content really matters, and that small wesites that are part of a large collection of websites designed to maximize
SEO for an affiliate were unlikely to be accepted.
On the flip side, if affiliate content is minimized, if there is solid unique content that is valuable and apparent when reviewing the site, if the website you develop compares favorably with other websites currently being added by editors to the category, if there is an active editor reviewing submissions in the category, and if the category of your submission is appropriate and the title is the true title of the site and the description is objective then there is a decent chance a site will be accepted rather quickly.
If you look at the statistics on the bottom of the home page of the dmoz website you will see they say (at the moment of this post) that there are 4,528,416 sites listed in over 590,000 categories and that there are 84,688 editors. Speed and standards for accepting websites will vary based on those who have the authority to edit particular categories and dmoz standards that are applicable within each category.
Michael