Quote Originally Posted by TheHeathens View Post
You don't know that number 5 is going to win - that is more of a gamble than betting on black. You have a 1/36 chance of winning big, but a 35/36 chance of losing all your money.

The rest of your argument is pointless because your basis to it is flawed. Gambling and investing are not the same because investing is not based on random conditions
I do if there is a powerful electromagnet on the wheel at number 5, and an iron core in the ball. You're right though I don't know that number 5 is going to come in, that was the point I was making.

If I put £1 on black and a £1 on zero, then in the long run I'll lose exactly the same amount of money based on probability.( By the way the probability of getting number 5 is 1/37 not one 1/36).

The rest of my argument is not pointless as you well know. The truth is no one in our society today knows what the government is going to do next. It's not like we have a constitution that delimites government power.Therefore the diversification of funds into different companies is a gamble.

If you weren't gambling you'd put your money into one company I.e the best one.