wrong text on the picture. that one should read: "getting 200+ gambling ads daily while having the gambling gene and not gambling anyway."

The picture that goes with the original text would be someone not even noticing the bullets flying and missing.

I remember in school doing statistics and probability. There was a question to calculate the probability and chances of winning a bet, and we got a near zero answer. I then asked my teacher if that means the person is actually going to lose. She confirmed yes, and warned us that this is why you have to be careful with gambling and being in debt as a result, and being involved with loans sharks who prey on those with gambling problems.

I've personally witnessed what gambling does to a person and their loved ones so I despise it. A lot of the gambling are rigged and so you are more likely to lose.

I tell people that if they're going to gamble, do the ones with more likelihood of success. Poker is rarely rigged, if ever, because it is based on pure psychology of the players. Investing and stock trading has a more established science, despite the occasional stock manipulation. Although, if one invests in more reputable companies with long term growth and only put in the amount of money the person is willing to lose, hardly anybody goes bankrupt with investing.

You get ads?

I have a story idea, for a training program for spies.

As an exercise, a trainee is told to enter a poker game, read the expressions of the other attendees, and win the pot. The agency can give them a near unlimited budget, but they’re advised to pull out if things are not going well.

Then, they enter the game, win maybe one hand; but after eight or nine hands it would become increasingly obvious there’s some serious cheating going on, and everyone at the table is in on it except the agent. They would never be allowed to win, and cannot complete their mission.

Maybe some trainees would relent to force to get the cash, which would be arranged to make a splashy headline about “The agency’s brightest caught cheating at poker, attempts to murder club owner!”

The lesson there would be to dispel feelings of invincibility, or pursuit of perfection, by the agent; to get them to accept there will be bad, failing circumstances they need to pull out from. Learning when to fold, and then to walk away from the table, is honestly a pretty important life skill.

I've had exactly one gambling experience in my life. I went with some friends to a casino in Louisiana and I tried a slot machine. I stuck my credit card in the slot, was debited $5, pushed the "lever" button, and won exactly bupkis. I don't know what the appeal is but I imagine it involves winning occasionally. I'm going to stick with my 0.000 batting average and be happy.

Well theres always time to start

I recently learned that, with perfect play at certain tables, you can cut the house edge in blackjack down to like 0.5% and potentially even give yourself a slight edge with advantage play. I'd be worried, if I had the gene, but I'm just interested in the fun, breezy, hobbyist way, not in the sick, out-of-control way.

I just started playing poker championship (free on steam) and while i am not a gambler, since making 40k three times in two days i can imagine the appeal.

Thankfully it's all points and not real money.

It feels very sadening and worrying about the current state of society.