Betting is an evil problem. Intellectual-level bets such as the bets on https://longbets.org/ https://longbets.org/ and betting via the stock market feels very

Betting is an evil problem. Intellectual-level bets such as the bets on https://longbets.org/ https://longbets.org/ and betting via the stock market feels very right. I think we should even encourage this kind of behavior to keep ourselves in-check and in-line with reality. Social gambling is some level below this, but society does not have a big problem with it in general. Where it becomes evil is gambling on random and very unpredictable events. At this low level, it should be heavily regulated due to addiction. Putting big money on lottery numbers, sports scores, and even the weather is downright addiction. Addiction is an evil thing. It certainly should not be left unchecked for biased news networks to experiment with.