CBS columnist bashes gambling, WSOP

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Gambling, Poker, Drinking, Pot, Women, Cars, can ruin lives and so can many other things that most people enjoy reasonably. To say that you are a favorite to become a degenerate with any of those things is a flat out lie.
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Whether or not you disagree with the author of the article, the vices you listed aren't similar in nature. You can blow through your paycheck in a gambling binge much faster than you can an alcoholic or other drug binge.

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(1) This makes no sense. Its merely your perception that gambling can "blow through your paycheck" faster than any of the other "vices"; its a statement that has no fact behind it. Some may call it anecdotal.
(2) I can conclude from this you have never been on a good drug binge. They can be pretty expensive.

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I know I can't drink $2,000 worth of whiskey in a night or smoke $2,000 worth of $20 crack rocks in a night, but I can very easily blow that much gambling in a night.