I spent a couple of hours at a casino recently and was intrigued by the behavior* of a few folks at a Roulette table.
They first placed their bets with pursed lips and frowns, muttered phrases of encouragement to themselves (and got encouragement from a watching friend in one case), and reacted with shock and disbelief when the outcome wasn’t in their favor.
If I didn’t know the roulette game was all about luck, I might have mistaken this show to be about a game that required a high level of skill.
It made me wonder how often we end up mistaking luck with skill in games (both real and metaphorical) we play.
*I didn’t have anything to compare their behavior to – so, this may be normal.
