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My statistics professor's words, not mine, so please don't take it personally - gambling is a tax on the mathematically challenged.

EDIT: He was trying to be funny, but I think it's true. Hey if I wanna throw my money away, I'll just hit the internet and go shopping!

Last edited by geekette28 (2008-02-19 6:16 pm)

I agree. Most people do it for the excitement. Most know when to quit. Still, I personally have a hard time putting my money into something that won't give back.

I'm a glass-is-half-empty person and I don't usually consider something worth it if it doesn't have results.

Daniel wrote:

geekette28 wrote:

My statistics professor's words, not mine, so please don't take it personally - gambling is a tax on the mathematically challenged.

Well, yes, if you're gambling with the belief that you seriously are going to make any amount of money.

There are those of us who gamble because the thrill is fun and hey, sometimes you come out ahead.  It's not a problem until it starts taking over your life and bank accounts.

I would gamble for the fun/thrill of it.

I also understand why the idea I described doesn't work.  Wikipedia said that theoretically, someone with unlimited money could win 100% of the time.  <-- That made me finally understand.


Now I need to learn to card count... can't be that hard.

Tallgeese wrote:

It's also banned at most casinos.

The casinos can suckle me.  How will they find out?
I'll just get a friend to help me.

Fried Chicken wrote:

Tallgeese wrote:

It's also banned at most casinos.

The casinos can suckle me.  How will they find out?
I'll just get a friend to help me.

You'd need a whole team, and they'd still catch you.

Fried Chicken wrote:

Where there is a will there is a way... and I still have 4 years till I'm 21 to learn

Uh huh. Well, realize that you are by no means the first person with the desire to beat the casinos at the games they themselves run. With all that competition against the casinos, how do you figure they stay in business? Isnt it the fact that the competition to beat the casinos is exactly the way the casinos make their money?

Cobalt's Casino!!
Just send me ten bucks and I'll write back telling you if you won.  Prizes up to 10 million!!!   People with unlimited wealth welcome.

StaticAge wrote:

Fried Chicken wrote:

Where there is a will there is a way... and I still have 4 years till I'm 21 to learn

Uh huh. Well, realize that you are by no means the first person with the desire to beat the casinos at the games they themselves run. With all that competition against the casinos, how do you figure they stay in business? Isnt it the fact that the competition to beat the casinos is exactly the way the casinos make their money?

I have to be sneaky <_<    >_>