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>On the other hand, I think weed and alcohol should be legal, despite it affecting people's lives in negative ways, but the majority if their users are complete
by thfuran 3y ago
>On the other hand, I think weed and alcohol should be legal, despite it affecting people's lives in negative ways, but the majority if their users are completely normal people.
Are you sure you aren't just too used to alcohol being normal? It's probably significantly more destructive than sports betting: https://drugabusestatistics.org/alcohol-related-deaths/ https://drugabusestatistics.org/alcohol-related-deaths/
On the other hand, would banning sports betting change much, or would many of those people lose similar amounts of money on day trading or something if it weren't available? Is spending about a hundred bucks a month on some hobby really even that bad in the first place?
- llbeansandrice 3y agoThere are at least obvious issues with gambling compared to day trading (which is much more regulated). The main one being that winners are banned from participating. You can become a successful day trader, but any chance at being a successful sports bettor gets you banned from the marketplace. In my anecdotal experience a lot of people would not find the same vice or even to the same degree as sports betting feels like a drain financially.
- elhudy 3y agoThey would use bovada, which was the solution before sports betting became legalized.