I still wonder why the hell is this game classified as a roguelike? It's poker mixed with MTG. Also, why are you crying dude? You made a literal slot machine.
That's why he said roguelite. Semipermanency (being able to unlock upgrades for future runs) is what separates the roguelite from a roguelike. In a roguelike, every run you start from 0, in a roguelite you unlock things that make differences in future runs (in the case of balatro: different decks, new jokers, ...)