Gambling: On Goodluck and 'Goodwill'

The gambler calls upon three additional arguments - all of them illogical, but to him totally conclusive.

First, he is narrowly assertive that he will win.

In his mind, he is quite sure, and he is absolutely certain of it. His confidence is proof enough, no doubt.

Fanatics can never be swayed by rational argument, and in this, the gambler is a follower in his belief in extreme success.

Second, he has immense faith in his own cleverness. With a cocky and enigmatic smile, the gambler will guarantee us that he will definitely hit the jackpot.

It is both tragic and hilarious at the same time to witness the deep audacity with which the classic gambler regards his fellow gamblers; he infers that they are adherent creatures, so beneath his standards.

He is the 'individualist.' His creed of his own superiority, however, comes from impelling and inanimate reasons, and arguments taken from the cache of logic, morality, or even brass tacks do not affect him in the least.

Third, he affirms that life itself is a gamble, for the most part. About people amassing fortunes abundantly in business - these men take chances.

When bent, he will concede that luck has made very few millionaires, and that more often than not the individual who takes business as nothing but a game of odds winds up poor, or behind bars.

However, there is always a ready answer to say even this concession: 'Why shouldn't I be among the lucky ones?'

The gambler's basic two arguments do not prove any worth discussing. They are simply outcomes of illogical faith in oneself, they are objectively ridiculous; they become significant only when the inanimate reasons that prompt them are investigated.

The third argument - that gambling is a nature of the profit-making macrocosm - values serious attention. It demonstrates a casual fallacy, the wishful belief that luck, above all, determines the result of a business endeavor.

It is apparent that the man who is a failure will most likely put stress on the element of luck when he is coerced to concede a opponent's success.

Good luck is the helpless man's stance at accomplishing work; add personal savvy and hard work, and the definition draws closer to the facts.

The assimilation of gambling is taken from the fact that both interests, up to a point, are likewise altered by conditions.

The roulette ball is changed solely by factors beyond the gambler's control - to all intents and uses, by chance. Same with business, the individual cannot adapt the element of luck or odds.

However, personal drive must be wholly ruled out of his battle with the machine, whereas enthusiasm, intelligence, the adeptness to use imagination in accumulating external factors - these are of telling importance to the gambler's future business success, and are more so clearly influenced by the individual.


 

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