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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 4858759, member: 181"] I stand almost entirely on the sidelines, based on 'loss aversion' principles as much as anything else. Nonetheless, I'm well-acquainted with the low-point stories of 3 addicted gamblers: The second-in-his-class-at-Harvard-Law guy whose downfall began when he bet wrong on silver along with the Hunt Brothers (yes, not sports there, but both before & after, along with cards & casinos), and ended with Federal incarceration, after quite a few interesting stops along the way; the massively large & unlikely dear friend who was banned from having certain banking accounts for a while and was fortunate to get some leeway from people who (really) wanted him to pay up by dangling smaller guys with bigger debts from AC hotel windows; and the completely unexpected late mid-life tale of financial wreckage, and a 30+ year marriage nearly shattered by his repeated dishonesty, which he now shares & supports others within a state counseling program devised to aid similar folks whose adult behaviors went beyond the usual norms and boundaries regularly mentioned in casual acceptance of what isn't so easy for some as many might claim. [/QUOTE]