Investing in the stock market is not a game of chance. You may lack the skill or discipline to engage in that activity, and that's fine, don't do it, put your

Investing in the stock market is not a game of chance. You may lack the skill or discipline to engage in that activity, and that's fine, don't do it, put your time elsewhere, such as the real estate method I described. Calling it gambling, however, is dishonest, and is popular among those who want to use that characterization to serve the purpose of denying people the opportunity to invest. For instance, despite working in startups for 20 years, regulations prevent me from being an angel investor (though it seems its common in california to simply ignore those regulations) ... because people like you think that I shouldn't be allowed to decide where to invest my money. Yet I could go to Las Vegas and blow $100k in a weekend. So, no, it's not gambling. It's investing. And shame on you for saying otherwise.