I disagree, someone in my family is loaded and has made his living out of gambling. Of course theres risk involved, but when calculated these risks can be reduced. Ie different people know roulette dealers throws and can guess an area where the ball will stop.
Poker is a very very clever game which to play with skill is very hard to learn.
The only question is if you want to take the risk and gamble. Every day we gamble in some form or other, but we calculate the risk involved.
Theres a guy on here who has been posting up his poker matches, he makes his living from playing poker.