### Comment:
Well yes but it isn’t as bad as lotto especially after deductions and a lot of us brokers r commission free

### REPLY:
No, options are never fully free. A spread is taken between the bid and ask price by the OCC to cover the cost of guaranteeing the contracts, standardizing them, etc. 
  
 Then, some brokers charge a commission on top of that, but that spread takedown is ALWAYS there. That means options, even ones that appear free because they have no $6.95 commission or whatever, are always negative sum. 
  
 It's definitely not as bad as a casino, though.

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