Pro gambler.......?

[MrJ]

How about this for a question........Can a person be a 'pro gambler' (Casino, table games) and be in the red year after year? Can that person still be considered a pro?


Ken

[Tomla021]

If hes in the red every year it is a hobby!

[maestro]

yes we can consider him as a pro...pro being in red

[MAX]

No.

Regards
Max

[MadMax]

If he gets paid for his gambling, he surely is a pro as he makes his lifing from gambling also when losing. (Otherwise a lot of sports teams also couldn´t be called pros as they are losing most of the time)

[MrJ]

Look at all the 'pro' golfers who constantly finish near the bottom.

Ken

[Colbster]

I was inclined to think that you had to have gains to be a professional like Mad Max, but I looked up the word on dictionary.com.  One option had you doing something for gain, but another definition simply said "following as a business an occupation ordinarily engaged in as a pastime: a professional golfer."  Apparently, if this is your business, win or lose, that makes you a professional.

[GARNabby]

I think that when you start to blur this into a living, you end up a "professional bum".

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[amk]

Like Cookie Monster GARNabby?

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[nitrix]

Maybe as soon as it becomes a profession?