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My buddy paid for most of his condo with poker winnings, and I paid for a good chunk of a degree in another field with gambling winnings (all reported to the IRS and bet at legal betting establishments). The biggest irony is that I learned more statistics building experimental stats models to try and predict in-game performance measures than I did doing straight psychology research.
A couple years ago I built a successful model to accurately predict an NFL RB's rushing totals for the 2nd half of the season, which I used to make prop. bets for/against him, and also inform on some shakey spreads for his team. I went something like 9-1, though I had to scrap everything at the end of the season because the offensive coordinator brought in too many new players.
Statistics...they are good for more than EBT.
There was a time when I was making decent earnings online on online poker, and I think I need to get back to that. A lot of stats involved in that.
its amazing how sometimes the only practical solutions are completely unpractical!