Jumping the time line, had a thought..."Its not about the Money, it's about the Game"

Give credit to some writer somewhere who gave that line to Michael Douglass in Wall Street, Money never sleeps.....OK the legal part is over now the funny thing is this, I quoted this line while watching the movie for the first time because I have lived it.  Gamblers don't don't care about the money, we want to win, we really do, we know we can win, and we will continue to prove this point until we have no money left to prove it with.  I have sat in a casino for 20+ hours str8, only getting up to use the bathroom or to have a smoke,  I have joked that I didn't even know they served food in Reno...But what it comes down to is the simple fact that it isn't about the money, its about the game.  A game that has cost me hundreds of thousands over the past 20 years.  I intend to delve into this isse in great detail but wanted to catch that thought while it was fresh. 

If you are trying to understand a gambler....you have to understand that one key point.  From there we can build but if you don't accept that one fact you will enable and you will excuse the behavior.  It took her 16 years to figure that one out.  I hope it doesn't take you as long.