I'm going to be the one to say that that really is not a lot
I used to live next door to these chinese guys who blew $2000 in one night gambling and I told them and it's true that I could buy everything I wanted for a month with that.
But if you work it out that's like $375 a week... and that's not a lot
this is apart from rent, food, regular expenses. it's a great deal for me, i'd if you spend money on extras like that, but i don't