I would also say the average sports better is not a scratch ticket or slot player. At least none of the ones I associate with-they are much more savvy and more likely to be financially stable. Sports betting nowadays includes data analysis, statistics, hunting and waiting for lines, etc. Sports bettors and Powerball players are not the same. Sure there are people who dust a ton on sports, but they aren't typical. Someone playing scratchies and sitting at a slot machine all day has a problem. Someone waiting, searching for, and analyzing lines and past results is more like a stock trader.