I know three people who regularly gamble. One mate in sheffield who eyes the fruit machines, waiting for some fool to waste loads of money, then he dives in. He has a 100% record when I've seen him, always coming up at least a tenner richer.
Another mate in brighton plays a lot of poker online, and frequently wins hundreds of dollars for coming as 8th-6th in small tournaments. Again, he's always in the plus.
Neither of them are addicts or fools who believe in karma, which is probably why they're successful.
A third mate from brighton/huddersfield gets scratchcards a lot - a habit formed because his mum used to send him to the shop to fetch a few every other day. He managed to wrangle a 50/50 deal for doing the fetching, so obv. he's won a few quid here and there for nothing.
I've never understood gambling, so I've avoided it. however I've been tempted, in my poverty, to start playing the lottery/buying scratchcards.
I know ReZ is an addict in hiding, though.