Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling
by OkayPhysicist on Thursday March 16, 2023 @08:24PM
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I don't know where you grew up, but gambling on sports was already extremely normalized in my experience. Some sports more than others, but it's rare to go to a Superbowl party or the like without discussion of "making it interesting".
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Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling
by Invictus0 on Thursday March 16, 2023 @09:41PM
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Betting 20 bucks on the super bowl once a year with your friends is worlds away from "normalized gambling".
Re:America’s bad bet on expanding legal sports gambling
by hsbauauvhabzb on Thursday March 16, 2023 @10:54PM
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In Australian the Melbourne / Adelaide cup days generally get a large amount of attention. I think they normalise and introduce gambling in a very problematic way - work ‘sweeps’ etc are very normal and mean that people are peer pressured into gambling.