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verb (used without object), gam·bled, gam·bling.
1) to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
2) to stake or risk money, or anything of value, on the outcome of something involving chance:

So there is a technical definition, "1)", and a colloquial definition, "2)".

I would say that this conversation is a technical one but one can insist on using a colloquial definition.

Buying stocks is a gamble as much as deciding what color jacket you're going to wear is a gamble(bright color is less likely to get hit by a car).

Still, is it really just a matter of chance whether there will be a drought next year or not? No, there are reasons. Just because we don't fully know the reasons or lack understanding doesn't mean that there is an RNG operating somewhere in the heavens. Same with buying stocks.

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03-28-2019 , 10:33 PM

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old hand

Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,545

lol...just logged into 2+2 for the first time in ages and this is the first thread I see.

Looks like nothing's changed.

See you again in 12 months

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03-29-2019 , 12:38 AM

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wowsooooted

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03-29-2019 , 12:46 PM

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joe_seboks_luck

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Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 600

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Originally Posted by Xenoblade

it's a good thing you're reluctant because he wasn't right

About the Dwan thing? Has he paid/played Jungleman yet?

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03-29-2019 , 04:05 PM

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Xenoblade

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Originally Posted by joe_seboks_luck

About the Dwan thing? Has he paid/played Jungleman yet?

well huh maybe I misunderstood, I thought you meant about how hellmuth always says let's see if he's around in 5 years because he thinks the players he play against are just being lucky

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03-29-2019 , 11:11 PM

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PokerHero77

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IMO one form of gambling is partaking in a -EV game of chance, hence you will eventually lose everything regardless of stake size. Another form of gambling is taking ridiculous stakes in +EV outcomes, but you will most certainly lose everything if you continue at that rate. So basically, unsustainable staking at games of chance.

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04-02-2019 , 07:21 AM

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shijinying

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Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 3

Everyone playing poker is a gambler yes its true!!!

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04-02-2019 , 07:44 AM

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jfound

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Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,389

The better question is are you a life nit or life gambler from a scale of 1-10?

Playing poker does not make you a gambler if you are a life nit.

I am a 7.4-7.5 when it comes to gambling it up in life.

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04-02-2019 , 08:42 AM

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HurtLocker

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Join Date: Oct 2013 Posts: 798

Answer the OP question with another 1 or 2 question:

Well do you feel lucky? Well do ya punk?

Actually, nope. Scratch that. Better question is:

Are you high?

Or as Rainman would ask:

What prescription medication are you taking?

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04-02-2019 , 09:29 AM

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jfound

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Originally Posted by HurtLocker

The prescription God gave me

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04-03-2019 , 12:19 PM

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Abbaddabba

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Originally Posted by zica

They're both valid uses. And people use it that way regularly. There're lots of situations people put themselves in where they accept a variable outcome in lieu of the certain one and people call it gambling. I've had people tell me im gambling for not getting what I thought were exorbitantly priced insurance products.

It's way more of a stretch to conflate anything that contains risk to being a gamble. If the risk is trivially small and/or there's no viable alternative then basically everything is gambling.