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Predatory tactics, facilitating addiction, not good. But what you’re saying feels to me like a rule that says you aren’t allowed to play betting games unless yo
by sjtindell 5y ago
Predatory tactics, facilitating addiction, not good. But what you’re saying feels to me like a rule that says you aren’t allowed to play betting games unless you take every single bet. What? Consider that for yourself. Every person on the street who walks up to you and says “I bet you that…”, you are required to take that bet? Or you’re never allowed to make a bet again? We as people pick and choose what bets we take.
- recursive 5y agoThe house already provides a list of which bets players can make, and what the odds are.
- mistrial9 5y agothe reader of those rules believes they are true. You are teaching others right now, that they are some kind of true, specifically in a statistical way. This thread is overflowing with examples that counter those game rules.
- recursive 5y agoNo. They're a list of bets you can make, and at what odds. If you think they're wrong, you can bet against the house. But you can't make up your own bets or odds, like the guy in the street from the example.
- sjtindell 5y agoTrue, but aren’t you allowed some discretion. Let’s say one person who walks up to you is well dressed and well respected, and the next person is an obvious crackhead with a history of defaulting on friendly bets. I’m not allowed discretion to take one of these bets and not the other? Who is making the bet matters to me, as it would to a casino. Legally I think we should be able to have discretion there. But I hate defending something like a casino. It’s shady behavior in some way.
- dandanua 5y agoPeople who run casinos or gambling businesses always have predatory nature. This is the rule everyone should be aware of.