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Re:U.S. Now Says All Online Gambling Illegal, Not Just Sport... by daveFNbuck on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @04:27PM (#18915518)
That depends on the probabilities involved. If you send me $5/week, I might decide to give you $10 million one day. I don't have $10 million and I don't think I would want to give it away if I got that kind of money, but it could happen. Are you interested? Do you think anyone would be?
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Re:U.S. Now Says All Online Gambling Illegal, Not Just Sport... by LitFan on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @10:01AM (#18921356)
If you were regulated like a state lottery, people would be interested - they already are.

I don't think most people even consider the odds when playing the lottery.

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Re:U.S. Now Says All Online Gambling Illegal, Not Just Sport... by daveFNbuck on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @11:50AM (#18922388)
The odds still matter. If no one ever won my lottery, I think people would eventually stop playing.
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