re: Man loses his hard earned money at the casino and loses it

I worked with a guy in Spain early 70’s when I was in the Navy that was a professional gambler and investor
He was in a card game or rolling dice every night he was off.Every 3 months he flew to Florida and went to the greyhound races,then to Vegas for 3 days then to New Jersey to the horse races on his way back to Spain.
I picked him up from the airport one trip and I asked him how he did.He pulled a cigar box out of his carry on and it was full of $100 bills.He shuffled through them to show me it was all $100’s.He said he hadn’t counted it yet.
He also bet on sports ,invested in the stock market and commodities.
He and his wife wore expensive clothes,drove expensive cars and had beautiful furniture. He also told me he hadn’t cashed a Navy paycheck in 2 years,they all went in to savings.

He said he stayed in the Navy because there were a lot of suckers in the Navy and for the security of a guaranteed paycheck.He said he had had some dry spells where he didn’t do so well.

I also worked with some other guys that were dead broke and in debt to their eyeballs through gambling.