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Bro, you work for Draft Kings or something?
Gambling is one of the worst vices someone can get into. Pretty shameless to promote that shit.
Fucking hell. Here's my last pot on the matter. I'm so confused to see so many people have an issue with putting money on a sports game. I don't use Draft Kings nor do I care if you like it or not, but there's tons of people who use it responsibly to have fun with it and, in the same instance in any sort of medium, it can be used poorly as well. Of course gambling is an issue with people. So we should just outright ban sports betting? I'm lost why that's a controversial take that we shouldn't just sweepingly ban things than can cause people harm. Fully ban alcohol. fully ban cigarettes. Fully ban fast food. fully ban social media apps. Let people decide what they want to do with their money. Fuck some regulatory environment saying what I can and can't do. Doesn't seem like a controversial take, but apparently SLAP is so bummed Tony Hawk is promoting the option for people to bet money on something they enjoy.
You're talking big picture/long term with people who are mostly concerned about instant results in the short term.
There's no point in trying man.
Gambling is a horrible vice, the gambling industry is predatory, this is true.
But I would argue that strict government intervention/regulation has far worse implications in the long run. It's much easier to takedown a predatory private party than a predatory government. If I have to choose between one or the other existing, its going to be the private party.
Both options have their flaws, decide which flaws you would rather deal with. People having the ability to potentially ruin themselves financially (which they can do in several other completely legal ways). Or reinforcing the precedent that the government can/should ban peoples ability to do what they please.
Tax the fuck out of gambling (like most vices are, I say we add fast food to the list) and use the revenue for a good cause. affordable housing, hell even gambling addiction treatment. Casinos should be required to post the odds of winning the games being played in clear sight near each game. Inform people, let them make their own (stupid) decisions.
I say all of this as someone who has been to a casino exactly 3 times in my life, never because i wanted to, and I dont ever plan on going to one again. Not my thing, but im not gonna try and stop other people.
I smoked cigs/vaped for years, that shit was dumb and unhealthy but i dont think we should ban those things. I would argue those industries are far more predatory since they literally destroy you form the inside out.
We're all gonna die anyway, have some fun while you're here. Dont be a fucking idiot about it, and if you do, its not my or the goverments fault.