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Re:“Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs by kibwen on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:09PM (#29719953)
> And yet creating an obsession and a goal and providing a way to grind or spend to that goal is popular.

Now that the veneer of such "games" is dropping away to reveal that they've just been casinos all along, the bright side is that society might finally find the gumption to start taking gaming addiction as seriously as gambling addiction.

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Re:“Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs by alisonkisk on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @07:26PM (#29720106)
You mean, take it not seriously at all, and exploited by the government (lottery) to rip off its own citizens?

Sports gambling via apps is getting huge and deregulated and advertised on major TV broadcast networks.

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Re:“Play-to-Earn” and Bullshit Jobs by oblio on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:21AM (#29722980)
It depends on where you are. In many places sports gambling is starting to be cracked down on.

Plus having a single state owned lottery is better than 1000 shady companies competing, and lottery revenues can even be used for state budgets.

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