What do you think about gambling?
@marief2rnurse (2704)
United States
9 responses
@spoonitnow (43)
• United States
24 Jan 07
I disagree that gambling is a waste of your money. Even if you are only gambling for entertainment purposes and you realize that the house has an edge in the game you are playing, the money that you lose (in the long term) is what you're spending for your entertainment, just like you would spend money on any other form of entertainment.
Just as an example, let's say you're playing blackjack for $10/hand with a house edge of 2% (which is generally high if you know basic strategy) and you're seeing 30 hands an hour, which is about right. You will wager a total of about $300-350 (depending on if you need to double or split), and will lose on average 2% of that, or $6-7 an hour. This is not an outrageous amount of money to spend on entertainment.
@ipanks (890)
• Indonesia
21 Jan 07
in our life we have gamble in many things.example if you want to go someplace,your heart said dont go,but then you go to that place,i think its a gamble.so in my opinion if a gamble for the right things i would do :D
@jamanrk786 (333)
• India
21 Jan 07
Never do like that' Because it will create the problems' so i would not like it... what about you'
@firemansgirl001 (916)
• United States
21 Jan 07
I do like to gamble. I dont find anything wrong with it. As long as you are able to do it without hurting anyone. Make sure your kids are taken care of and your bills are paid. I do gamble. I dont do it a lot. I think it is fun though. I made over 5 grand one time when I went. But that is the highest.
@mariner68 (1276)
• India
21 Jan 07
gambling is highly addictive and is a very bad habit. it leads to problems in family life and is waste of money. i hate gambling.
@blogyourself (1577)
• United States
21 Jan 07
I love to gamble! I don't spend a lot of money when we hit the casino though. Mayb $20 on slots and thats it. We used to go every year on my birthday until we moved. I live pretty close to Atlantic City now and I can't wait to go there. I think I may use the money I make online to go on a trip there.