I do not think that everyone plays to win money. I mean sure "winning" in the sense that being right about something is a great feeling and putting money on it makes it even better. When you say "I wager 100 bucks that Liverpool wins this game" you are basically doing something economical but the main premise is the fact that you trust your instinct and your knowledge so much that you are willing to lose 100 bucks on it if you are wrong.
I think the right statement would be that everyone may play but not all will win money. Your example show that the person knows that he will win because he trusts his instinct or believes that Liverpool to win the game
. He is indirectly saying that he is wanting to win because who of all people wanted to see his knowledge and undestanding wrong?
That is the thing about gambling, you can't put all the gamblers on the same boat, there are so many types that I feel like there could be a book about how many types there are.
I definitely agree!
Which is why we can't just say every gambler wants to profit, sure they want to win but not all aim for profit, winning and profiting are different things if you know what I mean.
I believe, aside from the owner and investors in gambling industry, there is no profit(this term does not fit in this category) for players only winnings. So you are right, gamblers does not aim for profit but winnings
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