Bill,

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:30:50 -0400, William Killian wrote:

> Explains the bitterness you've been expressing.

I hadn't realised I had been - sorry folks, I'll let this be my last on thi=
s topic.
 =

> But casino gaming is certainly not riskier than being an entrepreneur so
> business is not less of a 'gamble' than craps.
> The Stock Market is no less rigged against the small investor in favor
> of the large than the slots are set to set to pay more to the house than
> to the player.

The Stock Market *is* gambling (see "Trading Places" for the quote that goe=
s something like: "You're just a =

pair of bookies").  But whereas an entrepreneur is aware that he is risking=
 whatever, and does it as a career =

(and there aren't many of them) gambling is done as a passtime by very many=
 people, some of whom don't realise =

that they have a compulsion which can wreck lives just as much as any other=
 addiction.  In the UK there are =

betting shops in every high street, so it's easy to just nip in and put a f=
ew quid on a horse or dog (Casino =

gambling is very much more rare here), and for some people it's a part of t=
heir everyday lives.  An =

interesting insight was when my father was describing the situation when th=
e dog he'd bet on came second by a =

nose - he said he'd "Lost =A31000 by four inches".  He never had the =A3100=
0, but he saw it that it was taken away =

from him by not winning it.

Enough from me, I think!  :-)

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England



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