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Re:Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad ... by JumpinJack_Cash on Sunday October 05, 2025 @11:16AM (#45482136)
> > It’s reflective of people losing hope in the system’s ability to make their lives better

On the contrary all epicenters of gambling are extremely rich areas populated by people who have mastered such art.

The proximities of the stock exchanges of every country are basically the richest zip code in the country

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Re:Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad ... by dpark on Sunday October 05, 2025 @12:05PM (#45482615)
> On the contrary all epicenters of gambling are extremely rich areas populated by people who have mastered such art.

This does not seem to be a rebuttal. The “extremely rich areas” are generally funded by the not at all rich who lose their money gambling.

Additionally most in the “extremely rich areas” are not actually wealthy. And there are many, many gambling areas that are not rich at all.

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Re:Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad ... by estearum on Sunday October 05, 2025 @11:29AM (#45482256)
Stock exchanges are not themselves anything like a casino. You can bet within them in similar ways, but you can also make bets at a stock exchange that you would never find at a casino.
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