It is a game, of course, and one you cannot win. The question is how much will you lose if you buy into the game. The odds favor the house. There would not be a house if the odds did not favor it. But you know you must play the game. There is no other option, for if you do not play the game you will lose. If you play the game you will probably lose. Probably makes all the difference in the world. Probably allows faith, allows hope. Faith and hope are what the game is all about. Without them there is no game. If there is no game there is nothing to play for, all is lost from the start. But if there is only loss, then it is not loss for loss requires there to be a win. So there must be a game and you must play it, even though odds say you will lose.