In response to the post below, and in concert with most of the other responses...
I am not a professional gambler, but I have been a professional in my "real" job, although now retired. I would regard being a professional gambler, if it's not just a tax filing but an actual primary source of income on which to live, as being the same as any other profession. However...
When working in a profession, work is very important, and you don't take off from work for every little whim of family obligations. HOWEVER, family is also very important, and if work "always takes precedence" then you will either lose your family, or will lose many of the benefits of having a family. Likewise, if family would "always" take precedence, it would be difficult to be successful in most professions, and if the profession includes an employer-employee relationship, continued employment could be at risk.
Open communication and a reasonable balance of any kind of work with family will usually be the best solution. If these don't produce a solution, there is probably more going on than an imbalance of work and family. If the work doesn't permit some balance, then, if at all possible, other work should be sought.
Work should only take consistent ("always") precedence over family if it is essential for this to happen to provide shelter and food for the family - in which case family is still driving the balance.
--BG
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When you marry a gambler, it includes the gambler's exemption:
All obligations of marriage (known in legalese as "the ball and chain") are temporarily suspended during South Point double points or any other gambling promotion the gambler feels may be worthwhile. Gambling always takes precedence, over anything else.
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Posted by: Barry Glazer <b.glazer@att.net>
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