I've felt the pull of pure gambling, too as part-of-life gambling. The time: about ten in the past. Too much stress. One day, I opened minesweeper, a computer game, and played several games. The stress disappeared. I ended up playing minesweeper for several days, getting better and smarter. Wonderful and pleasurable. At some point, I couldn't get better at minesweeper. From time on, winning or lo