Quote from: Saint-loup on Today at 10:35:22 PM

Quote from: AVE5 on Today at 07:18:39 AM

So I caught my friend up having gambling as a source of making incomes.
Few days ago, I went to my friends place and met him with a strange face to me, so sudden their language changed in a way I wouldn't understand. The both were talking about hustles which the other guy ask my friend that Are you not running the other hustle anymore"? So my friend replied"I do but I have lost a lot this time just after I made my last cashout" which he analysed different values and occasions he had won. The other guy told him not to stop trying that it is sometimes like that and so is the nature of the business.
I knew they were up to gambling discussion but they never wanted me to know about it.
I never see gambling as a bad activity unless you gives yourself up to it in controlling your emotions. So I think these two guys knew they were at the wrong side of it that is why they never wanted me to know they were into gambling.
Just in, he is on medical attention after he slumped as a result of loosing a borrowed fund meant for a business re-startup after the gamble made him squandered his previous business.
At his regained to a normal state of health, he explained that he thought he would be lucky to win at the stake so as he could expand his intended business with a bigger capital.
At a point I don't see any business oriented ideal in this Friend because $1,000 ls good enough for a start of lucrative businesses.

Which type of game he is gambling? Because if he borrow money not to try to win back his losses or to repay his debts but to make profits with the funds he must be very good at those games. Even if your are very good at some games you can't be sure to win each time unfortunately because the likelihood to win is never 100%, except if you are able to bet on a event that already happened and you know what is the winning outcome.

Honestly I never thought that anyone would be able to make a profit or even make gambling their business if you are basically nothing more than an ordinary gambler like everyone else. I'm not saying that you can't win because all gamblers have a chance of winning but the problem is that it's not that easy to win especially when your gambling is based on the idea of making money in order to pay off debts or to recover from previous losses.

On the other hand as you said that he must be really skilled in the type of game he chooses but as I said above that all gamblers only have "chances" and not "reality", in the sense that there is absolutely no certainty that can guarantee them to actually earn. However gambling has always been an activity that moves without certainty, I would only believe that you can really make a profit if you are basically the owner of the casino itself that regulates its systems and algorithms.