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"To "disrupt" the gambling industry is to inevitably profit off of addicts." The same can be said about MMORPGS. I knew many people from highschool that never
by paulhauggis 15y ago
"To "disrupt" the gambling industry is to inevitably profit off of addicts."
The same can be said about MMORPGS. I knew many people from highschool that never graduated because of this addiction.
More people need to take personal responsibility for their decisions. Many people gamble and are not addicted.
- cobrabyte 15y agoAbsolutely. I've seen quite a few friends literally wreck their lives by playing WoW and other MMORPGs. I used to play poker with a group of local friends. It started off friendly enough ($50 tournaments). They started playing a lot of cash games and the table stakes got crazy (e.g. $1k+ hands). Needless to say, I left that group behind. It's a matter of personal discipline. If you can't afford to throw the money out the window, you shouldn't be playing. I play because I enjoy the game and the company of friends.
- nate_meurer 15y agoWait a minute, aren't you the guy who is arguing FOR the War on Drugs for exactly this reason? To protect us from the addicts? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3392857 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3392857
- Dnguyen 15y agoI'm surprise no one mentioned stocks and real estate investments. Those are, in some ways, gambling as well. I know many people who have no idea what they are doing and just blindly follow someone's advise and lost their money. I think at the root of it all, gambling in one form or another, is a problem for people who hope to change their life by taking big, miscalculated risks.