i did not get an answer. I ended up using the gambling sessions method. Put together a spreadsheet of daily activity and results and filed it that way as a net. My return was accepted. one of the sites i used to put together the filing is below. It is grey area, but so far so good. I also moved out of the state due to this.
https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=c1a07d27a158c20c2490844d88f316d896e7d9ddcea[phone number removed]4b45...
