"these silly staking plans which will ultimately fail"

I'm guessing you disagree about this bit. You're not actually disagreeing with me, you're disagreeing with maths

Seriously guys, poker is ripe to make money. You won't beat roulette. Thought the choice would be easy. Ahhh, but staking systems promise big profit for little work, where as you need to put in effort for poker. I get it now...