

Never said he deserved life in prison- I said he doesn’t deserve a reward. Again, you’re reading too much into what I said and are projecting an awful lot. My point is the kid did a bad thing, he doesn’t deserve praise. How hard is that to understand?
I assume you’re being hyperbolic. There’s no world where gambling is more likely to pay the bills than working, even if the value proposition of working is so bad right now. Gambling is always worse.