gambling in Australia

One of the things I loved about my ex-wife was her appreciation for the not so well off. I took her to watch the two-up on Anzac Day once and after a few minutes she earnestly insisted that we go and tears came into her eyes. "There are people in there throwing away two dollar notes whose children are walking around in threadbare clothes and holes in their shoes. It is wrong and it is too upsetting." She was right as she was right about a lot of things - except for me!
I am thankful my parents were never gamblers. My best mate's Father was a bookie and he knew he was on the right side of the gambling equation. He ended up on the Rails at Randwick and the other big courses so he was very successful. Even his wife used to place her bets as a "donation to the bookies".
When you see the casinos and pokies it is easy to work out who the winners and losers in gambling are. Why are the losers so stupid?