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  3. US gambling addiction is ‘out of control’ as betting markets boom, policy expert warns

US gambling addiction is ‘out of control’ as betting markets boom, policy expert warns

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  • I iconoclast@feddit.uk

    That term actually means something and this isn't it.

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    trickdacy@lemmy.world
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    Of, relating to, or manifesting behavior that is habitual, maladaptive, and compulsive.

    Seems like a perfect use of the term to me. Unless you believe it's some undefinable supernatural force. I think it's an addiction just like hoarding anything else.

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    • B bieren@lemmy.today

      Well stop playing gambling ads on tv every 4 seconds between drug ads. And stop allowing gambling companies to sponsor every single sporting event. Sports have just turned into an advertising agency for gambling companies.

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      stoly@lemmy.world
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      I am so glad that I don't have cable or watch tv. I never see these. All my content is streamed.

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        mellowistheyellow@lemmy.zip
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        The US economy is a literal scam, the people are exploited beyond belief.

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        • sayjess@lemmy.blahaj.zoneS sayjess@lemmy.blahaj.zone

          Any mode of online gambling/betting needs to be banned, at least in the US. So many people, like my father, cannot help themselves when it comes to gambling. Keep the gambling in the goddamn casino’s, so people have to drive there to throw their money away. With the online stuff, it’s as simple as opening a website or app.

          This is so fucking shameful.

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          captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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          Yeah it's like having a tap in every home with running liquor that you can't disconnect.

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            socsa@piefed.social
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            Who could have seen this coming?

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              elevenbones@sh.itjust.works
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              Its like roblox for adults!

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                pyrixas@piefed.social
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                Maybe you shouldn't have welcomed Draft Kings with open arms?

                Sports has suffered because of gambling droolers for too long.

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                • S stoly@lemmy.world

                  I am so glad that I don't have cable or watch tv. I never see these. All my content is streamed.

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                  zink@programming.dev
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                  There are a handful of times per year where we are streaming a live channel or watching cable TV at somebody else's house because local_team being in the playoffs for in_season_sport.

                  It's horrifying. Downright dystopioan.

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                  • S stoly@lemmy.world

                    I am so glad that I don't have cable or watch tv. I never see these. All my content is streamed.

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                    zedstrian@sopuli.xyz
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                    I'm sure those ads are also appearing on the ad-supported tiers of streaming platforms, unfortunately.

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                      voodooaardvark@lemmy.zip
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                      Αυτή η δημοσίευση έχει διαγραφεί!
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                        ludicrous0251@piefed.zip
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                        Author: Anna Betts in New York

                        Y'all just gonna let that one slide?

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                        • I iamyoubutyoudontknowyet@reddthat.com

                          America is out of control...

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                          asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz
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                          The America world is out of control, IFTFY.

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                          • B bieren@lemmy.today

                            Well stop playing gambling ads on tv every 4 seconds between drug ads. And stop allowing gambling companies to sponsor every single sporting event. Sports have just turned into an advertising agency for gambling companies.

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                            naz@sh.itjust.works
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                            This reads straight out of a dystopian novel

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                            • P panda_abyss@lemmy.ca

                              There are two reasons people pour their money into gambling:

                              • they have no hope of materially improving their lives through work
                              • they are gambling addicts
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                              tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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                              thats why gamblers are called degenerates

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                              • V voodooaardvark@lemmy.zip

                                Αυτή η δημοσίευση έχει διαγραφεί!

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                                knock_knock_lemmy_in@lemmy.world
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                                Hot take. Ban betting on sports. It adds no value and destroys lives.

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                                • entheonaut@lemmy.mlE entheonaut@lemmy.ml

                                  Our entire economic/investment/retirement system is founded on gambling on a manipulated stock market, it's all built on a ponzi scheme where 93% the entire market is owned by the wealthiest 10% of society, with 62% of the US buying into it.

                                  Everything else is muggles wrangling and conniving for literal scraps. It's a top down scam.

                                  Eat the fucking rich.

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                                  knock_knock_lemmy_in@lemmy.world
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                                  If you invest in bonds there is very little gambling.

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                                  • I iconoclast@feddit.uk

                                    That term actually means something and this isn't it.

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                                    prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                                    Ok, how am I wrong?

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                                      barneypiccolo@lemmy.today
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                                      In Central Florida, the last Democratic stronghold in Florida, DeSatan has been removing duly elected politicians, and replacing them with his own hand-picked, unelected people. The media has not covered this political atrocity at all. It the biggest election fraud happening in the country, and it is literally unknown outside of Central Florida. Even the Central Florida media doesn't treat it as a coordinated attack on the Democrats, and the Florida Dems are such cowardly weenies, they aren't even defending themselves.

                                      DeSatan wanted to get rid of the first, and only, Hispanic sheriff in Florida, so they arrested him for running protection for a massive $20 million dollar gambling operation.

                                      The sheriff was an investor in an operation that had built three machine-based "casinos" in the region. One was right in the Sheriff's home town, right on the main drag through town, with giant plate glass windows exposing the brightly-lit machines to the street. They had registered the business with the state, and were doing everything in the open. There were dozens of these sort of operations going on all over the state. They didn't try to hide anything, they clearly thought it was legal.

                                      So as I'm watching the breaking news coverage, listening to the talking heads gasp and clutch their pearls over the "massive illegal $20 million gambling operation," they took a commercial break, and cut to an ad for the Hard Rock Casino, the multi-BILLION dollar gambling operation just 45 minutes up the highway. So much for doing it to protect the public from the evils of gambling.

                                      Oh, BTW, the only Hispanic Sheriff in Florida, re-elected by his constituents, was replaced by an unelected white guy with a couple of decades of anti-immigration experience, of course.

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                                      • P panda_abyss@lemmy.ca

                                        There are two reasons people pour their money into gambling:

                                        • they have no hope of materially improving their lives through work
                                        • they are gambling addicts
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                                        a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world
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                                        • they have insider information on the outcomes of world events
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                                        • Z zink@programming.dev

                                          There are a handful of times per year where we are streaming a live channel or watching cable TV at somebody else's house because local_team being in the playoffs for in_season_sport.

                                          It's horrifying. Downright dystopioan.

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                                          stoly@lemmy.world
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                                          I only hear pharmaceutical ads at other people’s houses

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