> It's just entertainment. Is blowing $100 on sports betting really any worse than $500 on a designer handbag? Yes, simply because the risk of addiction is hig

> It's just entertainment. Is blowing $100 on sports betting really any worse than $500 on a designer handbag? Yes, simply because the risk of addiction is higher with sport betting than handbags. You could easily rephrase this as "It's just entertainment. Is blowing $100 on heroin really any worse than $500 on a designer handbag?" to illustrate the absurd case where this is obviously true.