Setting Win Limitations

[Frank Kneeland]

Frank, this is all so ironic coming from someone whose career was playing professionally and managing a professional team. Would you mind telling us why you are so down on gambling?

I would not describe myself as down on gambling, at least not inherently. I'm just not up on it either. It would be impossible for me to impart 23 years of experience in a web post. Let's just say that when I read the current research on gambling, the results do not come as much of a surprise to me. I had suspected as much for years now. I was studying to be a psychologist in my twenties, but never followed through. I have always looked at gambling with more than a typical view, and had to do a lot of informal counseling when I ran the team.

If you had known all the people I have known for which gambling has destroyed their lives, you'd find it hard to say anything nice on the subject as well. Most of the pros I know that are winning are lonely, single, and miserable.

Even the people that gamble to live, quickly end up living to gamble.

So would you be able to answer my question?: Why do people get excited about winning back money they have already lost as though it was profit?

So far, in all the times I have asked this question (here and elsewhere) no one has been honest enough with themselves to answer it.