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As a Xennial it has been hard to watch how mainstream gambling and its ads have become. I was taught gambling was foolish, and abstained. Later I came to appre
by paulryanrogers 10d ago
As a Xennial it has been hard to watch how mainstream gambling and its ads have become.
I was taught gambling was foolish, and abstained. Later I came to appreciate that some folks can gamble with losses in mind and have fun. Sadly too many just cannot self regulate, so societal limits are necessary even if it means a bit less fun for those who can afford to lose a lot.
Now everything is out of balance. The US president himself is fleecing his own supporters, his family profits from deregulating and even promoting online gambling, and all the competent regulators have been bought or run out of town.
- tstrimple 10d agoI recently went to a casino. I had dropped my daughter and her friends off at a theme park a couple hours away from home and I had about six hours to kill. Took out $200 and planned to nurse it on slot machines for a few hours. 20 minutes later and I walk out of the casino with just over $600 in my pocket. I didn't get the amount of time playing that I wanted, but couldn't justify sinking more in when I was up so quickly. Best to walk away. Many people struggle with that. Probably won't gamble again (outside of the odd $1B Powerball moonshot) for a couple years. When I was young living in Oklahoma my family was something else. Dirt poor living in Wilson, OK. At the time gambling was illegal in Oklahoma so a few times a year they would pool money together and some folks would drive to Texas to buy rolls of scratch off tickets. A much more desperate version of the "what if I win" game that I sometimes play.