Online Gambling

[CHWine]

This is something I've been thinking about for quite a while. Every sports event I watch on TV there are ads for online gambling. I know a young 30 something guy who's into sports. He said he has an online gambling account and dabbles a bit. Recently I heard a guy on TV says that this will become the next opioid problem. Any thoughts?

 

[survivalistd]

Gambling is a disease

 

[Taudisio]

I know a lot of people who do some sports betting. I’m not privy to their everyday finances, but 90%+ of that group owns their own home, have nice vehicles, and seem to be doing alright. I suppose it’s fine within moderation. If that’s what gets them going, go for it. I have my hunting/shooting that takes my money, so I don’t judge or cast stones.

 

[dsotm]

I gamble every draw in Arizona, usually just end up losing 13 bucks per species though

 

[IDVortex]

Only gambling I do is with my OIL Idaho tags.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Yeah I think it’s not great. Probably fine if done in moderation… but I hear more than the occasional story about it absolutely wrecking people’s lives. Sister in laws - brother in law was taking out loans against the home and opening up credit cards in his wife’s name to feed the addiction, dude lost everything and ruined his marriage sports betting…

 

[voltage]

I thought this was America?

You guys are gonna be very upset when you hear about the negative side effects and potential addiction of alcohol.

49ers -4.5…absolute lock

 

[Ucsdryder]

Im a big gambler. When the lottery hits a billion I’ll buy 2 tickets until someone wins.

 

[TSAMP]

Got me over here thinking if I can leverage AI to start going rounders on some online gambling.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Im a big gambler. When the lottery hits a billion I’ll buy 2 tickets until someone wins.

We do this at work and talk about what we would do with all our monies if we won…

 

[JohnB]

We do this at work and talk about what we would do with all our monies if we won…

I figure I'm not buying a chance to win. I'm buying $2 insurance to not kill myself when all my coworkers strike it rich without me.

 

[pacoalcracker]

I worked with a guy who spent half his paycheck on sports gambling. I couldn't get thru to him. It's bad and only going to get worse as it expands. Gambling is no better than drugging or excessive boozing. It will eventually destroy you in one way or another. My parents owned two very busy bars for 21 years, so I have seen the results of all three of these habits firsthand.

 

[ozyclint]

America has fentanyl, Australia has sports betting.

Our federal parliament is actually trying to ban sports betting advertising.

 

[307]

Higher suicide rate compared to most other addictions.

 

[MountainTracker]

Don’t look up polymarket you can see bets on everything, not just sports related.


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[HookUp]

its a terrible thing. There is a reason gambling is mostly illegal and highly regulated. I can only imagine the money flowing from special interest lobbying groups.

 

[2531usmc]

Online gambling will eventually corrupt professional and college basketball and football. You can see it coming with the recent scandals

 

[Nick22]

If I recall correctly only 4 percent of the people who are online gambling are ahead, it's certainly a free country but that's a cancer and I am far from having money to throw away on that. On top of the fact I don't really care about fooseball.

 

[2531usmc]

Actually, it’s not really gambling. It’s really statistics and mathamatics and it’s set up for the house to win. The longer you play, the more you lose.

 

[insanelupus]

ANY addiction, whatever form it takes, is merely a symptom of a larger problem.

The fact that addiction is legal simply absolves some of the guilt they might otherwise experience.

Unfortunately, when that addiction becomes problematic, that is the issue that receives the most attention. But it often won't stop what led to the addiction in the first place.