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Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by lnxg33k1 on Monday January 31, 2022 @03:40PM (#30153973)
Well, I think I mostly agree with you in theory. But I was just thinking about something else, let's say that algorithms giving secure wins and counting cards at blackjack are allowed, people starts winning and casino start losing, they have loss and let's say that it's not convenient anymore to have a casino, and they go out of business, country loses a revenue stream for taxes, people loses their jobs, and an industry doesn't exist anymore, or it goes black and doesn't pay taxes anymore, you need to invest money in police and investigations in order to catch unregulated games houses, betting people might be or not be paid, criminality gets its way, and everything can happen.. I am not sure but I think I agree with you in theory, in practice I think we would end up fighting another unfightable underground market at even a bigger cost to human life, it's just another human dependency that you can't fight starting from casinos or dealers, you need to start it at schools
Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by blacksqr on Monday January 31, 2022 @07:28PM (#30156965)
Then why not cut out the middleman and just have the poor write checks directly to the rich?
Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by lnxg33k1 on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @02:48AM (#30159711)
Because I think giving money to the rich is a side effect of the gambling process, not the main activity, no?