Gambling help!!!!! NEED ADVICE

[KTnamja]

Wager details for ticket number 88095655-1:

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Wager Type:	Spread (or run line)
Wager Status:	Win
Risk / To Win Amount:	8,250.00 / 5,000.00 (USD) Accepted 12/21/2012 18:58 - EST
Won:	5,000.00
Amount Paid:	13,250.00
Sport / Period :	NBA Basketball / Game (Orlando Magic: 90 - Toronto Raptors: 93)
Line:	Orlando Magic 12/21/2012 19:05:01- (EST)
:	+5½ -165
* Event Notes:	1st Half Score - Magic 39 - Raptors 42

[smallbluedonkey]

Spartan, please, please, please don't bet more than you can afford to lose. Set yourself a monthly 'budget' for gambling and if you lose it then you just find another hobby till next month. If you think you are addicted, then the best advice is to seek help. Gamble for the thrill of the win, but do so expecting that in the long run you will LOOSE money. You are not special or 'lucky', you are like the other 99.9% of gamblers who loose money in the long term.

[KTnamja]

99.9% of gamblers do not lose. This statistic is a false tale. If it was true, they wouldn't gamble in the first place.

[smallbluedonkey]

99.9% of gamblers do not lose. This statistic is a false tale. If it was true, they wouldn't gamble in the first place.

It isn't a statistic - call it a "figure of speach" that's meant to mean "vast majority". Do you happen to have any statistical evidence to the contrary?