{"id":12,"date":"2008-11-26T16:45:15","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T16:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=12"},"modified":"2008-12-17T16:04:07","modified_gmt":"2008-12-17T16:04:07","slug":"gambling-or-investing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2008\/11\/gambling-or-investing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambling : Or Investing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/3.gif?resize=64%2C64\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Does the house always win? A mega casino company became unsure as to whether it could carry on completing a casino during the current economic downturn. So it seems, even building a place for gambling is a gamble, even if the company saw it as an investment. This brings us to the age-old worldly &#8220;koan&#8221; of when is gambling gambling and when is investing investing, whether there is a clear line demarcating both from each other at all. That said, the best investment, that is no gamble is in learning, practising and sharing the Dharma, because it&#8217;s good for your karma, helping you to accrue merits along with wisdom, which leads to Buddhahood!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Articles:<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">When is investing gambling?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=2120\">http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=2120<br \/>\n<\/a>Is gambling okay for Buddhists?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=2184\">http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=2184<br \/>\n<\/a>When is it not gambling?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=2292\">http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=2292<br \/>\n<\/a>How to always win the house?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=119\">http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=119<br \/>\n<\/a>Paradox of financial security?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=968\">http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=968<br \/>\n<\/a>Gambling with change<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=1438\">http:\/\/moonpointer.com\/index.php?itemid=1438<br \/>\n<\/a>A fine fine line<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=8\">https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=8<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does the house always win? A mega casino company became unsure as to whether it could carry on completing a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29,28],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-gamble","tag-invest","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}