Nothing about desperate just propensity to bet one way or another. That is what the Cambridge dictionary says.
My usage is probably dated, but we only used it to refer to an inexperienced or ignorant gambler; it had a strong connotation of sucker attached to it!
All that is needed to make a happy life is within yourself, in your way of thinking. -Marcus Aurelius
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