Re:Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Be...
by frankzander on Monday November 21, 2022 @04:13AM
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Well said, Well said!
Re:Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Be...
by chiefalchemist on Monday November 21, 2022 @08:20AM
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And funny how the rise of online gambling - at least in NJ and PA, came just in time for Covid lockdowns.
Re:Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Be...
by vageli on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:23AM
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NJ legalized online gambling a decade ago and Nevada's monopoly on sports betting was dissolved in 2018.
Re:Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Be...
by chiefalchemist on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:11AM
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But there was a massive advert push once PA did. The PHL sports radio talks more betting than sports. With, of course, the occasional "need help?" disclaimer.
Re:Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Be...
by SteveDR on Monday November 21, 2022 @05:06PM
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I don’t think gambling is any more escapist than movies, TV, podcasts, games, books, or literally any other form of entertainment. Entertainment is escapism.
Re:Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Be...
by deminature on Monday November 21, 2022 @08:46PM
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Those other forms of entertainment don't have nearly the destructive potential on a person's life and finances that gambling can have. A movie is a $5 one-time purchase, gambling is an endless recurring purchase that may not stop until the person is bankrupt, if they have addictive tendencies.
Stuck in a dead end job. Gamble.
Alimoney and no way out. Gamble.
Stuck in a dictatorship which can crush your life for arbitrary reasons every day. Gamble
Its a valve for deeply dysfunctional societies. A faked flame of hope for hopeless situations.