In the most humble of winners, you'll find the most graciuos losers. That's how I was taught. You have to learn how to be a good loser before you become a good winner.
Spent many hours playing basketball with my son. I never let him win and to this day at 23, he has never beaten me. He doesn't get mad any more that I win and I've never mentioned to him that he's never won. The most important thing was that he never stopped trying. What kind of effort needs to be put out if you know you're going to wim in the end? Just enough effort to get through. In younger, toddler age children, you may have to let them win or they will not play the game, but wean them off and make sure they understand that you get nothing for nothing and if you want it you have to be willing to do what it takes and put forth the effort to get it.
So Kudos to you Bandit1, if you don't make the effort to stress your morals to your kid...Who will.
Oh yeah!!! I stopped fishing tourney's for fear that I was becoming too gracious a loser with all the practice I was getting.