> There is redeeming value: it is fun and harmless for most of the population. The only way for this to be the case is if they don't do it very much. So if you

> There is redeeming value: it is fun and harmless for most of the population. The only way for this to be the case is if they don't do it very much. So if you're a new player and you get out pretty quick, or hop on once a month or whatever. Which is not how gambling companies make their money. They make their money off the subset of their customers who have severe addictions - that makes up almost all their profit. Right, like the Tobacco company isn't making money off a dumb 16 year old who bummed a cig under the bleachers.