i am on the wrong side of the dice table.

Reading the following article from the Las Vegas Business Press might make me re-think this whole gambling-as-a-hobby thing:

May gaming win is another monster

By DAVID MCKEE

Gamblers in Nevada lost over $1.1 billion in May, giving the Silver State its fourth consecutive month of billion-plus of casino revenues. In Nevada, only January 2006 was more lucrative. Despite healthy competition from other domestic and international gambling jurisdictions, Nevada casinos also registered yet another month of revenue growth, up 9 percent from May 2005.

For the fiscal year ending June 30, casinos' gambling win is up more than 12 percent. Read more.