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Why are you outraged at an airline selling scratch cards but when every single airport in the world will sell you a scratch card, to accompany your 12 dollar bl
by 0xy 4y ago
Why are you outraged at an airline selling scratch cards but when every single airport in the world will sell you a scratch card, to accompany your 12 dollar black coffee or 8 dollar bottle of water?
- j16sdiz 4y agoNever saw this. Is this a US only practice?
- Galaxity 4y agoNo, certainly not. Gambling is banned on US aircraft. They are talking about RyanAir, which is an Irish carrier that flys all over Europe and offers scratch card gambling. Swissair also offered gambling via video screens for a period of time.
- sshine 4y ago>> I vaguely recall > Why are you outraged :-D I'm not outraged. I said I vaguely recall. But I'll bait. There is a difference between passive advertising that blends into the background and multiple people walking up and down the isle literally waving scratch cards while another person is drawing attention to them with a loudspeaker. I'm not outraged because of how wrong that is. I recall it because there is a degree of vulgarity to it. Just like there is a difference between knowing where to go to buy drugs, seeing a drug dealer on the corner, having that drug dealer casually say "drugs?" as you walk by, having the drug dealer put ads in your mailbox, and having them knock on your door and ask if you want to buy drugs.