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Hah. I may not be a "degenerate gambler," but I too suck at it -- or at least have no luck whatsoever -- and I have a tendency to bet more than I'd really like to lose.

I myself have given up casino gambling completely, although I still play poker for low stakes (plus, I'm gambling with chumps and buffoons, so I'm actually using my time productively).

I can't even do low stakes hanging out with friends playing for Lifesavers type gambling. In an hour I'd be running to the convenience store emptying the account to buy all the Lifesavers in the store and telling the guy to call the rest of the franchise and get more here stat.

What sucks is that I dearly love poker, I love the strategy, playing the odds, reading the players, the feel of the cards. So I stick to the computer, I've found there's an infinite supply of electrons and if I go bust alt-f4 gets me right back to clean. But we all have our cross to bear and all things considered mine is pretty easy.