> With slot machines you can win, without doing any work

Uh, this is the exact my point. With Poker you can win, without doing any work, for one hand or even one night. You can't win forever, but gamblers are not famous for their long-term thinking ability.

And I didn't put the pure-luck-or-not aspect on par with the addictiveness. Actually I opened this conversation with this:

> Is gambling's issue its addictiveness, or its luck-based nature?