I had a job once where I interviewed lots of pro and semi - pro "gamblers", probably the most scarily self disciplined bunch you could imagine.Clive wrote: Gambling and investing are also often seen in totally different lights.
As Clive has said these people don't gamble in the sense that we might mean it, I'd say they'd likely dismiss the PP as being risky. Proceeds were all tax free as well.
Not a lifestyle I'd choose (no ability or interest in it), but food for thought all the same.