Re:The rising human cost of sports betting
by hannasanarion on Monday January 31, 2022 @01:20PM
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Google exists, bro.
> Gambling, and gambling advertisements, are deliberately designed to hook people to it as an addiction.
What do you think all the $500-1000 "free cash starts" that the NFL is constantly advertising are supposed to do? There's a reason that free loosies were banned in the Tobacco Control Act of 96. For-profit companies don't give stuff away for free unless they think they'll get way more than that back from a portion of freebie recipients.
> Gambling, and gambling advertisements, are deliberately designed to hook people to it as an addiction.
What do you think all the $500-1000 "free cash starts" that the NFL is constantly advertising are supposed to do? There's a reason that free loosies were banned in the Tobacco Control Act of 96. For-profit companies don't give stuff away for free unless they think they'll get way more than that back from a portion of freebie recipients.
> Only 25% of Americans regularly gamble
https://www.statista.com/topics/1368/gambling/#dossierKeyfig...
> and just 2% of gamblers produce 50% of industry revenue.
https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com/addiction-recovery-...