Signe Wilkinson Editorial Cartoon, March 03, 2013 on GoComics.com

omQ R said, 3 months ago

Nappies with safety pins, one-arm bandits with…arms. :-|
I think I last saw a one-arm bandit in the early ‘90s. Not that I gamble much. At all.
I have a family friend whose son, in his 20s, makes about 40 000 euro a year playing on-line poker, which in Portugal is quite a considerable sum. Claims to know his limits and keeps to affordable losses[uh-uh], low stakes tables etc. Works from home, uses at least 4 screens (I kid thee not).
He is a good son, paying for his sister’s art college, keeps our friend out of debt and housed. However. His father left them penniless (escudoless?) because he was an inveterate gambler.
Hmmm. Say no more.

mikefive said, 3 months ago

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Ima, I can usually understand your comments but not this time, I can’t relate your comment to omQ R’s

Clark Kent said, 3 months ago

@mikefive, what do you expect from imatroll, let’s not feed it.
@omQ R, the son apparently learned something from his fathers mistakes and is doing ok, but when he wants a job what will his resumé look like?

AshburnStadium said, 3 months ago

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America became the loser because of the dumb masses voting in 2000 and 2004. We lost our respect among the civilized nations of the world.
Remember, it’s the GOP that has been hell-bent to cut education.
There’s an old saying that not all conservatives are dumb, but many dumb people are conservative.

ronald rini said, 3 months ago

Yes gambing is stupid. Most people lose look at vegas who pays those light bills. and the stupid ones are the idiot (like in ohio) that voted to leaglize. Why becasue they were saying that the people were going out of state and ohio was losing tax money. Now we are losing a fortune because all the profit from the casino is going to some out of county and state owners. Look at all the cities that have gambling they are worse off than before. Now they a strip for you taxpayers getting a promise of big money and a hand coming stealing his wallet

ARodney said, 3 months ago

Gambling is yet another way to transfer money from the poor to the rich. The churches are correct on calling it sinful, since it victimizes the powerless for the benefit of the powerful.

Dycel said, 3 months ago

Spooky how that works. Those in need grabbing at dreams and getting stuck with lodestones.
Spookier still is the big banks derivative casino game that leaves the taxpayer holding the tab.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=big+banks+derivatives&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

David said, 3 months ago

There are some gamblers who are good at it and make money, the rest lose money. There are gamblers who mainpulate the market and make money at it, those are called banks and finance companies. There is little or no difference between Vegas and Wall Street, except that when Wall St. execs get caught they’re ‘too big’ to prosecute.

omQ R said, 3 months ago

Hmm, there appears to be some disbelief about this person I know. Ok, I shall post about him on another site which several posters here have access to. They can confirm if it’s true or not if they want to.

@Clark The young man I refer to is admittedly making a real success of it. His mother and aunt say he is level headed but I’m sure gambling addicts will laugh at this. I remain sceptical but wish him all the best
He is quite smart, likeable, finished his engineering degree but I do not think he has ever worked in a normal 9-5 job nor do I think, Clark, that he would ever want to. He has an entrepreneurial spirit and a disdain for office-jobs. ;-) When I say he works from home, I mean he plays the on-line tables from home, and treats it as if a normal job, “working” 5 6 days a week. His tutorials on youtube often show him playing 4 on-line hands/games at the same time. he’s quite popular and has a respected following from all over the world in the on-line poker community.

Ms. Ima said, 3 months ago

@omQ R

Watch the Texas Hold ’Em tourney and they are millionaires one day and broke the next day. I play the odds and probabilities. For every winner there is a loser is ALL you said.

Rockngolfer said, 3 months ago

@omQ R

It is a certain way of thinking that you either have or don’t. I believe you.
When I was in high school I joined the chess club.
The number one chess player had a speech problem, but was a math genius.
He used to play “blindfold chess” with his back turned toward the board, and he could sometimes play two blindfold chess games at once.
Facing the board, I don’t think anyone but his best friend ever beat him.