It's official.
Bet what to comfortably remain in the gambling short term of negative games, where minor mistakes are of little to no consequence, and the larger variances will continue to bail you out? Treading water by allowing for the full range of possibilities while minimizing the downside.
Would such be easier, the same, or harder than just beating a negative game in the long term?
P.S. If you say this is impossible, or the square root of pi people in a boat, you'll make me cry.