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As far as I can tell, yes. This seems particularly clear in cases where states that have otherwise banned gambling run their own lotteries.
by jlgreco 14y ago
As far as I can tell, yes. This seems particularly clear in cases where states that have otherwise banned gambling run their own lotteries.
- tedunangst 14y agoI think a lot of people don't consider the lottery gambling. Gambling is like a lot of vices. People want to do it, but they don't want other people doing it near their homes. Vegas and Indian casinos appear to be the nimby equilibrium point.
- tolmasky 14y agoThe hilarious part is that if the reasoning really is that one doesn't want to see it being done near their home, then online gambling is ideal. People would do it "in the privacy of their own homes", and I think you'd quickly find people preferring it to going to a building (due to ease and sheer variety). The brick and mortar places "attract riff raff" precisely because they are by definition concentrations of theoretically socially unacceptable behavior, which are then additionally usually combined with alcohol sale.
- tedunangst 14y agoYeah, I don't really know where online gambling fits in. Though some people probably like that gambling is inconvenient because they have poor impulse control. "I want you to stop me from doing this thing I'm gonna want to do later before I regret it."
- darkchasma 14y agoNot my monkey, not my circus.
- semanticist 14y agoTo get a gaming licence for an online gambling game in the UK, you need to provide a mechanism to allow players to block themselves from playing. It's not hard to make that kind of requirement, if it were the real reason online gambling is restricted.
- eric-hu 14y agoI believe the nimby stance against gambling is that it creates poverty. An opponent with such a stance might say something to the effect of "People are only keeping this in the privacy of their own homes until they run out of money. Then they start performing crimes in our neighborhood to feed their addiction." I don't agree with this stance, but I've heard it made before.
- politician 14y agoDon't forget about gambling on horse and dog races.