Cool.

Been hating the sports gambling commercials everywhere I look. Especially with Kevin Hart going on about going to all 50 states to gamble or something like that.

Cause, I'm not against gambling, if there are rules and regulations to protect the innocent and the fools. No one deserves to lose everything on a bet.

But what pisses me off is Kevin, who the fuck, has that kind of money to travel to all 50 states, where some of them are bigger than whole countries.

The hotel prices, the car repair, the food, the gas flux, the losing a bet, all of that. It just urks me to no end. Like go fuck yourself Kevin, you rich sheep twat.

I work in a in person gambling shop and honestly 100% in favour of banning online gambling. In person we can at least make sure those who are black out drunk cant gamble & at least try to mitigate the harms. Online gambling would fail countless safeguards we have to abide by.

I’m ok with that.

Banning things has never worked. Just look back at history, it just drives things underground.

I hate it when people compare gambling to drugs. Drugs are so much cooler. No one ever made a genre-defining psychedelic rock album after spending a weekend gambling

Some of these gambling apps let you bet on military and election outcomes, legislation, etc. People in the U.S. government have been caught doing this shit. Clearly illustrating a direct pathway for corruption and/or sabotage, clearly a national threat. That’s aside from the high rate of suicide and bankruptcy that will probably create a systemic crisis. Look at the car loan and credit card debt for Christ sake.

Won't the gamblers just use a VPN? Why not tax it, instead?

Gambling apps are a big sourge in Australia including incessant advertising. Banning gambling is probably like banning alcohol or drugs. Won’t work but you can regulate it and at least ban apps and advertising.

Gambling is fundamentally rigged. It's a mathematical tax on society and should be banned all together.

The only sound argument in favor of gambling I ever heard is the prediction market one where gambling inputs generate data on public census. I'm not particularly sold on that but other types of gambling like sports don't event have this leg to stand on.