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View submission: Is gambling easy?
Lmao bro, lemme stop you right there. If you are unironically asking this question, you gotta pump the brakes HARD.
I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in casinos between poker, counting cards in blackjack, and the sports book. That’s just to say, I do not have a negative view on gambling in general. But I’ve also seen some real heartbreaking shit from people who were clearly in over their heads, and seemed to not be in control of their actions.
If you have a family history of gambling issues, you are predisposed to also having a similar problem.
You cannot beat slots or roulette over the long run. That doesn’t mean you never win. You got very lucky twice - that kind of stuff does happen all the time. What your thought process seems to indicate is, you are now looking at these games as ‘Ways to potentially make some money’. This is going to cost you SO much more money in the long run, and get you into situations where you keep playing after you should stop, trying to win back losses.
If you really want to gamble, you should start by making sure you have a very strong grasp on probability and statistics. Understand the risks, and expected value/return of the games you choose to play. Understand that unless you have an edge, maybe you develop custom algorithms to help place sports bets, or you learn to count cards - that’s the sort of stuff you’ll need to do to get just a fraction of a percentage edge, and even then, it’s still basically flipping coins. There are no good gambles in a casino, they work very hard to make sure long term everyone is a looser. They’ll keep you hooked with just enough hope to come back again. Stop before it gets bad.
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