Betting workshop

The elder two snowflakes have been asking about betting. 

No, we don't take them to play on the pokies. It began with one of those typically meandering conversations all parents have with their kids, where we started out discussing which dog breeds we all like best, what dogs are the easiest to train and what sort of dogs people we know have. We moved onto greyhounds and dog racing, thence to horse racing, what do those numbers at the bottom of the screen mean, and why don't we bet on the horses so we can make lots of money?

I thought it was sufficient to explain to the snowflakes the reasons why their parents don't take part in any kind of gambling, but Daddy Snow decided we needed a practical session to demonstrate the potential drawbacks of betting as a career! He played the casino, while I was given the role of bookie at the races. The punters were each issued with a stock of tokens. After about half an hour of roulette and racing, the adults had amassed small fortunes. Snowflakes #1 and #3 were completely penniless, while #2 had managed to win back some of her tokens in spite of an earlier run in with the loan sharks.

Hmmm, probably not something that's on the curriculum at the local primary school, but I'm pretty sure they all learnt something.