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Re:Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad ... by oreally on Sunday October 05, 2025 @12:21PM (#45482805)
it's not really lottery, that system has to involve growing a 'skill' such that one could possibly get 'good' and 'rewarded' at it, and that 'skill' doesn't need human approval, which will make it a true alternative to getting jobs. bonus points if one can scale it up.

Take daytrading for example, of the 99% who fail are they all gamblers or are they just tolerating enough failures until they get a positive expectancy?

> however, in actuality gambling systems are almost all designed to just extract money from people. Not function as a wealth redistribution system.

Yea what I'm talking about isn't exactly a gambling system which will try to screw you over the instant you get some momentum of out a positive expectancy system.

Re:Americans increasingly see legal sports betting as a bad ... by sigwinch on Sunday October 05, 2025 @02:52PM (#45484152)
Maybe playing sports is the closest?