EI,

I agree totally! For the most part I have stopped telling people what I am doing (or trying to do) with my betting - I just got sick of the negative comments. Even my wife gave me a hard time for quite a few months even though I wasn't losing money - I just wasn't making as much as I could of if I had been doing "paid work". About 2 months ago I had a really good week and went out and bought her a piece of original artwork for an anniversary present with about half the weeks winnings and since then she has been a lot happier with the time I am spending on it! :smile:

I think it is like anything in life - if you are willing to put in the work and study how the betting game works and really put some time into it then you can make it pay. If you want to earn money from it then you need to treat it like a business (hope the taxman's not listening!) and put in the time and effort. If you want to just have fun then that's OK too - just don't expect to get rich!

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