Oh I totally get your point, and hopefully you believe me when I say I am not a degenerate gambler, I would love to go spend some money on a vacation doing the things you mentioned above, but when I go to casinos around here it's purely a job. I try to maximize my profits and minimize my time in the casino. Although I do truly enjoy the game, from my experience "most" of the people are their on their last dime or this months rent. I don't mean to generalize but it truly is sad, at any given table I would say at least 75% of the people are hoping to "get lucky" and "not lose because the really can't afford to." I feel like it's pretty easy to spot this based on their play. I have played poker for the last 11 years and believe me I have played when I shouldn't have financially, but never gotten to the point that I couldn't pay bills, support my family or anything of that nature.