HABITS DIE HARD

A man told me that he lost about half a million dollars gambling jackpot machine(one armed bandit).I used to play it and maybe I've lost that amount of money. I now detest gambling. You are always losing when you gamble. Some persons gamble and win huge amounts of money and are now not happy. I used to think that this man was winning thousands of dollars at jackpot only to realize that he was losing his shirt.

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