Legalizing Sports Gambling Has Turned Into A Huge Mistake (The Atlantic)

[SheWantTheD]

They don’t give a shyt, they making a shyt ton of money.

 

[MikelArteta]

Every SINGLE time I hear someone talking about this IRL, they always talking about winning.

I be thinking "bullshyt. Everybody can't be winning"

Somebody losing. And if it's like every other form of gambling ever, most people lose.

I've won nearly six figures and lost it all same day

It's addicting and hard to stop when you are ahead also hard to stop when you losing as you chase

 

[BlackAchilles]

Once I seen the draftkings ad with Lebron I knew we were in trouble smh even MJ didnt push gambling on the youth!

Then they got bruh rocking dirty grey clothes tryna make him look regular. DISGUSTING!

Man if they got Mister No nikkas to do a gambling ad the Coli would explode

 

[In The Zone '98]

Gambling is literally impossible

You have to show will power and keep them apps deleted

 

[Devilinurear]

at least with crypto, the “gambling” usually just consists of buying a cryptocurrency when it’s in the red and selling when it’s green.

sports betting, unless you’re exceptionally practiced in identifying winning odds, is akin to chasing unicorns.

So pump and dumps is not a thing now

 

[Won Won]

To those who say “people will gamble anyway”, how does you explain the rise in the gambling issues after they’ve legalized it. Wouldn’t the gambling numbers be unchanged as who wanted to gamble would have been gambling all along?

Someone on here once said it's probably just the same old bookie and casino bettors that are betting on these apps now, which was a fukking ridiculous statement to make

 

[Bolzmark]

It’s illegal to buy crack and A-bombs for a reason

There are actually millions who responsibly participate in sports gambling. There is no such thing as responsible use of crack or A-Bombs.

 

[4-Rin]

Its way worst than most think, wait til this next generation come up..

Talk to anyone in school system, they will tell you about high school kids gambling with they parents credit card and such.. When I heard kids talking about hitting a parlay, I was shocked. This is just a slight crack people will overlook.. Seeing how rapid people have accepted gambling into fabric of life is insane..

Video games has also turned into a gateway to gambling. Anything with paid loot boxes or gacha mechanics leads to gambling addiction

They get the kids with video games then once they get older they graduate to sports betting

 

[Koapa]

at least with crypto, the “gambling” usually just consists of buying a cryptocurrency when it’s in the red and selling when it’s green.

sports betting, unless you’re exceptionally practiced in identifying winning odds, is akin to chasing unicorns.

You need to read WallStreetBets thread on Reddit. People are really being degenerates with the gambling.

 

[skyrunner1]

Video games has also turned into a gateway to gambling. Anything with paid loot boxes or gacha mechanics leads to gambling addiction

They get the kids with video games then once they get older they graduate to sports betting

It's insane.. I know people who don't even watch sports like that asking me for bets because I watch from college ball on up..

 

[Gloxina]

Almost as bad as gambling with AMC

 

[BobbyWojak]

Every SINGLE time I hear someone talking about this IRL, they always talking about winning.

I be thinking "bullshyt. Everybody can't be winning"

Somebody losing. And if it's like every other form of gambling ever, most people lose.

Most people gamble very poorly tbh, I really don't get the complaints. Do people itt want the government to stop idiots from throwing their paycheck on 15 leg parlays

 

[Ohene]

Legalizing weed was very dumb too

 

[Fillerguy]

Damn so nikkas home team lose, they loss their rent money, so they take it out on their lady.

 

[Maximus Rex]

Sick of people trying to ban shxt because a few individuals have a problem.

Grow the fukk up