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One benefit I do see to legalized gambling is it makes it easier to spot fraud, which is how some of these crimes came to light. Alabama's baseball coach got fired a couple of years ago because a buddy of his tried to bet twenty thousand dollars at a cincinnati casino after being tipped off that.Their star pitcher was not going to pitch on friday night. That kind of bet on one college baseball game raised all kinds of red flags
Yeah, that totally makes up for a significant increase in bankruptcies, divorces, and misery due to online gambling.
I don't mean that, obviously it does not.But gambling has been around since human beings were invented.Hell, I was going to Keeneland when I was six years old. And men were blowing their paychecks there and at local bars 70 or 80 years ago, no different than today. It's just a lot more widespread with legalized gambling.
It's different today because back in the day you physically had to go somewhere to place a bet. And it was only open at certain times. Now you can bet from anywhere 24 hours a day. That's the difference.
If they didn't lose all of their money gambling, they would just blow it on coke or some other vice. Self restraint is on the person betting, not the people playing said sports they bet on. If you lose, it is on you, not ANYONE else.
Setting aside the illegalities that come up with sports gambling, it's very easy to get addicted and cause financial ruin. I used to do FanDuel. I would only do tiny entry fee games, like $1-$2, so I wouldn't lose all my money. I got lucky one time and turned one of those $1-$2 entries into $100 early into my FanDuel "career."
100% smart... look, I'm not some teetotaler who is against people exercising personal freedoms. But there's a reason why societies for 1000's of years tried to make vices illegal or at least more difficult to consume. And that's what I think needs to happen with booze, drugs and porn. It shouldn't be easy to come across this stuff on your phone or corner store.
We have real data that shows you are incorrect. Mississippi and Alabama are very similar states that had similar rates of income, bankruptcies, divorces, etc. Mississippi allowed sports betting. Alabama did not. From the time Mississippi allowed sports betting, there was a continual rise in bankruptcies, divorces and domestic violence. Alabama stayed flat. So we can prove that gambling caused this problem and that they wouldn't have just have gotten into coke or some other vice.
I have no doubt that you are correct, so this is not snarky when I ask - do you have a link so I can learn more?
Young males are particularly vulnerable, creating many problems for their parents and families.
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Yes, we need to create more crimes & criminals & lock more people up. Prohibition was such a great success. I mean why did we ever do away with it???
Nobody is fixing the WNBA?Young males are particularly vulnerable, creating many problems for their parents and families.
Poll shows young men in the US are more at risk for gambling addiction than the general population
A new study shows 10% of young men in the U.S. show behavior that indicates a gambling problem, compared to 3% of the general population.
So should we make everything that is harmful to health or finances less convenient (I.e. alcohol, soda, tobacco, fast food)?
Yes. Tax the **** out of it. Use some of that money to subsidize healthy foods which in general are much more expensive. If you want to destroy your body and likely end up with the rest of the citizenry paying for your medical bills then yes you should pay for that up front. No one needs that stuff, they just want it.
I mean, people on their phones all day is definitely a problem and causing issues but they’re just a vehicle. Tax bets and cigs and booze and all that stuff. If you want to use it no problem but you’re going to subsidize your own demise at least.
If you could assure me that in no way would I have to pay for the effects that these have on other people, I’d say no. Live and let live.
Some companies add an extra premium to medical insurance if you are a tobacco user.
If they can prove it. People can quit for a week or two and beat those tests to save a **** ton of money. Still doesn’t do anything for booze and fast food consumers though.
Lotteries are scams. It took decades for my parents to finally stop participating despite all my attempts to convince them to stop.
Only way to beat a randomized drug test for tobacco is to quit doing it. Smoked last night and get the call you got to be at the lab in a couple days? Well you’re failing the drug test buddy.
And more uninsured people just means health insurance premiums are going to increase even more due to that as well.
Totally agree. Also, taking money away from poorer people’s ability to pay health insurance so they can fund the tax cut for billionaires is insanity. Anyone that thinks they’re going to save money or get more back or whatever because they’re taking health insurance away from people are cutting off their nose to spite their face. But I digress.
I didn’t know they were randomized, I’ve never been tested but that would make much more sense.
Well I can’t vouch for how every company does it, but where I am it’s randomized. Otherwise and you’re just wasting your money on the drug test unless the tobacco user is an idiot.
