Tag: gambling
Jul 20, 2026
Let’s start with the disclosure: I enjoy betting—though I’m too frugal to ever risk more than maybe 20 bucks. Recently I’ve wagered on World Cup soccer games, and I’ve admitted in previous columns to betting on political races. To me, calculating the odds and...
Jun 17, 2024
Four years ago I confessed in a column that I was guilty of day trading. Except that, as a political junkie, I trade in election outcomes, not stocks. I have no interest in betting on anything else, including sports and equity markets. My speculative adventures have...
Feb 20, 2023
Is investing in the stock market akin to gambling? It certainly carries a reasonable amount of risk. Yet, done correctly, investing in the market is not remotely gambling. For comparison, consider games of chance. The best one to play is Blackjack. If you play every...
