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Gambling can be fun, but don’t gamble your life away – study and do something useful, like Karate. Find your Ikigai – your true purpose in life.

A blackbelt in Karate is probably more useful in life than a blackbelt in Blackjack. 

Arnold Snyder, legendary professional gambler, wrote the book “A Blackbelt in Blackjack.” In his book he writes: “If you succeed in becoming a professional gambler, there is one last problem you will face. You must learn to deal with the existential fear of being a replaceable cog in a machine that produces nothing. Human beings…have this weighty fixation on doing something important, producing something of value, and making a difference in the world… but…professional gamblers relinquish this human need… Card counters are simply siphoning money from a meaningless cash flow system. They produce nothing, perform no service, entertain no one, and they are financial parasites to an industry…”