Is "Lucky" a degenerate gambler?

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Are you insinuating that all professional athletes wager on the games they play?

The definition did not say "get paid for playing"

[Easy E]

...or, the love of the game?

"to play a game for money or property" can certainly be interpreted as meaning for an obscene salary (whether that interpretation is correct is, of course, the argument)