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If you want to make a living by gambling in your early youth age it is really a foolish decision because you know that gambling is unpredictable and some casino developers are always waiting to trick you. No, maybe not in the case of everyone given your opinion. You said that gambling will take away a lot but I don't agree with you on this because there is a class of gamblers who are quite aware and are very calculating in allocating money.The kind of mentality and financial resources that middle aged retirees have towards gambling is not seen in younger gamblers because most of them want to use gambling as a means of earning a living.
Well, you're right it's not about gambling from a very young age to gamble with enthusiasm of probably hitting a jackpot by the time you might be getting older. By being young doesn't stop you from becoming the owner of a casino instead of being a player who wishes to make profit by winning his bet.
You should know that the age difference makes the mentality differs. There we have a set of people (retirees) that have lived more than half of their life and another set that are just starting out with life. You don't expect their aims to be same.