• MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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      11 months ago

      That’s because they were gambling with other people’s money.

      If you only bet with what you can afford to lose, that’s never going to happen.

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        11 months ago

        Woof that slope is slippery. The trick is measuring what you can afford, and a lot of people aren’t great at measuring that.

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          10 months ago

          See if I only bet 90% of every paycheck I still have 10% left over for lottery tickets

          If I lose the 90%, I just gotta win the lottery…