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In a casino you can bet against other people too. Nonetheless, the house always wins and takes its cut.

• expedition32 4mo ago
  With gambling you should always play for entertainment. If you play to win you've already lost.
  • TeMPOraL 4mo ago
    Making paper airplanes from dollar bills, and setting their backs on fire to give them jet engines, is likely cheaper and more entertaining, so if you're gambling anyway, you've already lost, period.
    • yehoshuapw 4mo ago
      and perhaps somewhat safer
    • jfengel 4mo ago
      Cheaper, yes. More entertaining, not for a lot of people. Many play the same way you'd play a video game, with the actual stakes giving it a bigger rush. Enough that some become addicted. If it weren't fun it wouldn't be nearly as big a problem.
  • nairboon 4mo ago
    But if you don't win, where's the fun in that? Do you consider other ways to part with your money also as entertainment? Is donating entertaining?