▲ 293 ▼ Gambling becomes America’s favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined (fortune.com) submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] pipi1234@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (3 children) What a deranged headline. Its comparison is nonsensical. No sane person gambles for entertaining purposes. People gamble because they are addicts or in need of money. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Kurtismayfield@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago (1 child) The sports gambling apps will be the number one cause of divorce in the US one day. The sheer number of married men betting on them.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago It's going the other way, too. I just wrote a wall of text about the new Candy Crush style of gambling apps that are targeting unfulfilled middle-aged women, encouraging them to play these apps to self-soothe after poor treatment by their families. Seriously, that's the pitch in the three separate ads I've seen, featuring celebrity spokesperson Ferris Beuller. Women often handle the family finances. Soon we'll be seeing stories of women who lost the house gambling on high-octane Candy Crush. permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago Who isn't in need of money? Isn't that the overwhelming majority of people? permalink fedilink source parent [–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago Sane people will put in 20$ for fun at the casino after a nice dinner date. So yes, it happens. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kurtismayfield@lemmy.zip 19 points 1 month ago (1 child) The sports gambling apps will be the number one cause of divorce in the US one day. The sheer number of married men betting on them.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago It's going the other way, too. I just wrote a wall of text about the new Candy Crush style of gambling apps that are targeting unfulfilled middle-aged women, encouraging them to play these apps to self-soothe after poor treatment by their families. Seriously, that's the pitch in the three separate ads I've seen, featuring celebrity spokesperson Ferris Beuller. Women often handle the family finances. Soon we'll be seeing stories of women who lost the house gambling on high-octane Candy Crush. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago It's going the other way, too. I just wrote a wall of text about the new Candy Crush style of gambling apps that are targeting unfulfilled middle-aged women, encouraging them to play these apps to self-soothe after poor treatment by their families. Seriously, that's the pitch in the three separate ads I've seen, featuring celebrity spokesperson Ferris Beuller. Women often handle the family finances. Soon we'll be seeing stories of women who lost the house gambling on high-octane Candy Crush. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago Who isn't in need of money? Isn't that the overwhelming majority of people? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago Sane people will put in 20$ for fun at the casino after a nice dinner date. So yes, it happens. permalink fedilink source parent