Removed for lack of literary merit or other wise.
…best …thread …ever 
I read it before erased.
Wages were lost.
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How so and why?
He went on a bender
Dude! 
On boozing and betting?
I plan to spend a small fortune on a post-lockdown evening outing, but not to the point of bankruptcy. 
When a night out is marred by wiseguys( not anyone here particularly) , then the playing field becomes something of a farther imaginable stretch and sometimes it is to advantage that moneys are lost.
…but surely not at the time and subsequently there-after in the interim, until such a time has been arrived at when said losses become evident as advantageous? I’d call that risk-taking.
So right. , like Kenny Rogers croons, " …don’t count your chips until the dealing is done."