The professional poker players you see aren't making a profit on playing professional poker because it's a negative sum game, they're making money on sponsorships. But yeah, just because you can doesn't mean you will and it's not, you know, you're not playing three hours in a day before dinner on a cruise or in Vegas for like two days. It's rough. By the way, just as a side note, if you do take that,. say you do that for five years and then at the end, you're like, Oh, this isn't for me. You have no transferable skills. No, I mean, you have, youknow, I disagree.
A survey from Lending Tree found that a majority of Americans thought investing was just as risky as gambling. And sure, the stock market can be a casino, but it doesn’t have to be. Anand Chokkavelu and Ricky Mulvey discuss:
- The lines between gambling and investing, and when they get blurry. - Games that Wall Street traders play. - Positive sum, negative sum games, and how to know the difference. - How Uncle Sam helps investors more than gamblers. Host: Ricky Mulvey Guest: Anand Chokkavelu Engineer: Dan Boyd
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