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Re:U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100M a year from se... by ethbr0 on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @02:19PM (#34431537)
Because the human brain is bad at probability and susceptible to hacking.

And on the other like-a-fox hand, the military does have a strong incentive to identify individuals susceptible to developing gambling addictions.

It's cold, but putting them in close proximity to available gambling isn't the worst test...

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Re:U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100M a year from se... by nekoashide on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @02:45PM (#34431965)
It's the government, you may as well have another set of people observing the test givers as well.
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