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28 September 2017 | 68 replies
I do admit that you do make a lot of sense, but really you're that much more luckier than everyone else that you're able to confidently say just gamble and go for it?
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4 January 2024 | 29 replies
In my mind $8k is more money than I'm willing to gamble with and the course felt like too much of a gamble (let's put it this way..
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18 September 2018 | 25 replies
If you however are taking a big chunk of your money down in hopes you hit it big that is gambling and I saw many lose their shirts before.A lot of these projects being talked about no all come to completion.
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25 January 2019 | 329 replies
I think your 16% is really awesome, though, keep up the good work, sport.
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3 September 2019 | 278 replies
Capitalism is a rough sort of contact sport, but in the end, it gets the money out of the hands of people who can't handle it, and into the hands of people who can, more or less.
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3 May 2023 | 1572 replies
But it's okay, because if his gambling winnings aren't sufficient to pay the rent his family will give him money.