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Unfortunately, there's not a livable version of society where we "ban" gambling. Doing so just pushes it underground, and therefore inevitably into the hands of
by ElevenLathe 3y ago
Unfortunately, there's not a livable version of society where we "ban" gambling. Doing so just pushes it underground, and therefore inevitably into the hands of some kind of organized crime. I imagine the best compromise would be to create a state monopoly and make it easily (but not universally) available, while also trying to push some social stigma against it. Unfortunately for harmful vices like this, the anglosphere (and I assume a lot of other places) tends to oscillate between prohibition and hands-off marketism.
We are seeing similar with sports betting and marijuana in the US. Less than ten years ago, these were major crimes basically everywhere. Now, in large swaths of the country, you can't drive a mile without seeing a billboard for one or the other. Making them illegal again is not the answer, but we don't seem to have a standard way of shading things like this in any meaningful way.
(By the way, I'm not against people smoking a little weed or betting on football, but plenty of people do get momentum with both and it can have harmful effects for them. I believe the industries pushing both behaviors are in large part profiting off this small group of heavy "users". )
- mynameishere 3y agojust pushes it underground Why is this an argument? So push it underground. As a rule, old folks aren't going to take their pensions to Fast Freddy's strip club backroom poker nights. People think that because a law doesn't work 100 percent, it shouldn't exist.
- ryandrake 3y agoWhat do you think gambling-addicted "old folks" who live in areas where gambling is illegal do today? They either hop a short flight to a place where it is legal OR head to Fast Freddy's. People absolutely do participate in illegal gambling when legal gambling is off the table, whether they are elderly or not.
- Retric 3y agoSome is very different than every. Banning subsidized travel to casino’s alone would go quite far. Similarly banning slot machines from having sound, flashing lights, animations etc would reduce though obviously not eliminate the draw.
- klyrs 3y ago> As a rule, old folks aren't going to take their pensions to Fast Freddy's strip club backroom poker nights Trivially so. People with gambling addictions don't wind up as old folks with pensions.
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- worik 3y ago> Unfortunately, there's not a livable version of society where we "ban" gambling True But we can regulate it We can limit the damage