Great idea, we’ll get a new mafia that runs illegal gambling from street to championship level.
You either have an illegal but very popular activity run by “the black market”, or a legal but very popular activity run by the government and capitalists. The market doesn’t go away
Either way, with a market this massive, the profits are insane. This would be much bigger than the drug trade, gambling is the very easiest and most popular of such “sinful” activities.
I dunno. If I think about how many of my friends were sports betting 15 years ago vs today it’s at least 10x today. I feel like that was caused by market availability not a change in demand. They would’ve always bet if it was this easy to do and if it becomes hard again they’ll stop.
Your friends need to control themselves, gambling is as old as humanity itself. Smart phones have made just about EVERYTHING easier. They can outspend their budget and go broke, gamble and go broke, get a fresh date every day and go broke, and so on.
When you make it “against the law”, that means people will serve time for gambling, where they will be sent to prison, and guess what they do in prison to pass the time? Gambling. Even if there is no prison for the “crime”, they’ll still be fined and guess what? Go broke.
That’s the system. Removing gambling from the equation, addiction will still be a problem for them, because they’re addicts.
You know you can make gambling against the law by going after the brokers and not the betters, right? Gambling destroys lives and pretending that legalization is the only thing stopping black market gambling is brain dead.
It’s telling that you blame control for why more people are betting because anyone that studies addiction would tell you you’re a fucking moron, and I think you should remind yourself of that fact on an hourly basis, because you have only one idea for banning gambling. Consider that banning gambling by going after brokers is going after those that profit from the whole thing, and you’ll realize that, woah, it will have a positive effect.
You know you can make gambling against the law by going after the brokers and not the betters, right? Gambling destroys lives and pretending that legalization is the only thing stopping black market gambling is brain dead.
Thinking you can stop black market gambling is brain dead. Get mad, it’s cute, you greasy sausage
Please point out where I said it would stop black market gambling. Please do. I have unlimited time, and you have unlimited disappointment to give me.
I said that black market gambling is STILL A THING, so your point that making it legal is somehow stopping it is wrong, and obviously so because that’s how words work, pal. So, anyway, please feel free to revive my brain with your refutation because I so carelessly didn’t say the thing you said I said.
Calm down, buddy! Point out where I said “making it legal is somehow stopping it”? You have unlimited time, so I’ll wait.
You see, if you just make up points in your head and pretend other people said them, you get everything all confuzzled, and that’s why you’re so grumpy.
You either have an illegal but very popular activity run by “the black market”, or a legal but very popular activity run by the government and capitalists.
Right there.
Still didn’t answer mine yet, though. I apologize for being inconvenient and remembering things you don’t.
Gambling should just be illegal again 🙄
Great idea, we’ll get a new mafia that runs illegal gambling from street to championship level.
You either have an illegal but very popular activity run by “the black market”, or a legal but very popular activity run by the government and capitalists. The market doesn’t go away
Either way, with a market this massive, the profits are insane. This would be much bigger than the drug trade, gambling is the very easiest and most popular of such “sinful” activities.
I dunno. If I think about how many of my friends were sports betting 15 years ago vs today it’s at least 10x today. I feel like that was caused by market availability not a change in demand. They would’ve always bet if it was this easy to do and if it becomes hard again they’ll stop.
Your friends need to control themselves, gambling is as old as humanity itself. Smart phones have made just about EVERYTHING easier. They can outspend their budget and go broke, gamble and go broke, get a fresh date every day and go broke, and so on.
When you make it “against the law”, that means people will serve time for gambling, where they will be sent to prison, and guess what they do in prison to pass the time? Gambling. Even if there is no prison for the “crime”, they’ll still be fined and guess what? Go broke.
That’s the system. Removing gambling from the equation, addiction will still be a problem for them, because they’re addicts.
You know you can make gambling against the law by going after the brokers and not the betters, right? Gambling destroys lives and pretending that legalization is the only thing stopping black market gambling is brain dead.
It’s telling that you blame control for why more people are betting because anyone that studies addiction would tell you you’re a fucking moron, and I think you should remind yourself of that fact on an hourly basis, because you have only one idea for banning gambling. Consider that banning gambling by going after brokers is going after those that profit from the whole thing, and you’ll realize that, woah, it will have a positive effect.
Thinking you can stop black market gambling is brain dead. Get mad, it’s cute, you greasy sausage
Please point out where I said it would stop black market gambling. Please do. I have unlimited time, and you have unlimited disappointment to give me.
I said that black market gambling is STILL A THING, so your point that making it legal is somehow stopping it is wrong, and obviously so because that’s how words work, pal. So, anyway, please feel free to revive my brain with your refutation because I so carelessly didn’t say the thing you said I said.
Calm down, buddy! Point out where I said “making it legal is somehow stopping it”? You have unlimited time, so I’ll wait.
You see, if you just make up points in your head and pretend other people said them, you get everything all confuzzled, and that’s why you’re so grumpy.
Right there.
Still didn’t answer mine yet, though. I apologize for being inconvenient and remembering things you don’t.
True.
Although the main reason for legal gambling is that it allows for regulation. And I cannot see any of that being done at the moment.