As House Edge or Expected Value.
What percentage do you think they are?
It's hard to get an estimate right but I'd say it's pretty high, like more than 50% of those who write here. So it is understandable that every now and then we are seeing threads about someone who believes he has found a new variant of the Martingale with which he is going to beat the house.
There are also those who think that if in a site with an HE of 2% if for your VIP status they reduce their HE by 10%, they are giving them a negative HE (or a positive Expected Value) of 8%, instead of realizing that what they have reduced is the original HE from 2% to 1.8%.
Many have some idea of the concepts and use them to write here to meet their quota but do not really understand them.
Let me say that you right, but like you said, it's very understandable why.
Like I think I've once mentioned in one of my comments on this board, I said it boldly that, if not that majorly all the casino signature ad campaigns on this forum makes it mandatory for their participants to make atleast, 10 post on this gambling board, many users would never bother posting here since like you said, they know nothing about gambling totally, I've come across some users posting on this board whom after reading their comment, I concluded in my mind that this ones are not gamblers, but are pretending to be.
While on the other hand as well, I also think we also have some users who actually do gamble, but still lack some basic knowledge of how things really work, it's like knowing how to drive a car, that is, being a very good driver, but lack the basic knowledge of how the car engine functions mechanically - I think I full in this category, since I don't really understand everything about gambling, but I do gamble from time to time.