Understandable! It's possible to earn millions and live a lavish life if you are good at poker, but only a few can master the art of bluffing and reading other people effectively which is why it's not really a reliable profession.
However, sportsbetting also requires some degree of skill along with luck and is not entirely luck based like casino games such as slots.
We would be so out of it to even call it a profession.
Like, we would have people whom would just wake up for the day, clean themselves up, get dressed and walk out the house and tell their spouse that, “I’m going out to work, playing poker for the day”? I sure don’t think so. It can’t be a profession, gambling. Except for the game offerers and bookies though.
Poker is a highly skilled game but, I can’t say much about it when it’s played online. Good enough, it’s coming to be a thing on the forum after the most recent April fool, courtesy of Theymos.
Yeah, it is basically unethical for anyone who choose gambling as a profession, but then on the other hand, we have to also come to terms with the fact that we live in a world where anything is absolutely possible, and most people don't regard ethics anymore, they go ahead to live their life, do whatever they like whether it be moral or immoral.
I personally won't be surprised if I happen to come across a person is a professional poker player, and it's definitely possible to see.
Atleast, I've seen a person who is a professional chess player and amazingly, he travels round the world challenging different people around the world to play chess, and every accepted challenge involves money and if he wins (which he does almost all the time because he is extremely very good) he's walking away with your hundreds of thousands of dollar or sometimes even millions plus other gifts he made get from those who watched the game.
So, we currently live in a world where anyone can choose anything as a profession, most people don't care so long as they are going to be making a living out of it.
If you are a gambler yeah there's no way for you to make it as profession since earning is not so sure and we don't know if we continue to hit some wins or good luck since losing is inevitable.
But if you are skilled to work on the casino or know how to build a community then get sponsorship on it I think its possible for you to get a great career on gambling since somehow this fall under the umbrella of gambling career.
Also there are successful poker stars out their but its so hard to reach on professional level that's why this is not fit to everyone.