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However, it is not a casino where you cannot win on principle.
It is however somewhere where you can bet with money that you do not have. In a casino you know you will lose in the long run but all the chips you lose are your own. Margin means that we are betting with money we don’t have which I guess is why things are clamping down in the spread betting/CFD world while casinos are allowed to steal all your money quite unhindered. They can even give you free drinks to make you lose faster!
Imagine casinos allowing gambling on credit ! You spend your evenings there, and tell them : sorry, I have no money, but I’d like to make some, so please take my 100 € and let me gamble until they’re used up ! At least you have the free drinks, then…