A Sports Gambling Disaster May Loom
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
http://newser.com/s331435
I figured this was going to happen. I’ve consistently placed sports bets since I was in college. I have my own personal bookie. I do bet responsibly. I have good seasons and I have bad seasons. I do a lot of research too.
Today though just about every guy I know bets in some form, something that wasn’t common at all just 2 years ago. I know a lot of women who bet too. If a guy placed a few bets or swings for the stars with a $5 parlay no bid deal but I know there’s guys who are addicted. I know a few.
I’m not a conspiracy person but doesn’t it sometimes seem like the world is out to get you? Here’s these prescription drugs, don’t get addicted. Here’s some tasty but unhealthy food don’t eat too much of it, here’s some alcohol and tobacco don’t drink or smoke too much, here’s a car that goes 0-60 in 3.5 seconds that handles like shit, don’t wreck it. Not enough? Here marijuana is now legal, don’t smoke too much. Oh and most important of all, don’t blow your house payment betting on the Slam Dunk contest tonight.
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I wonder how long it takes before someone figures out how to fix pro sports betting.
And then maybe a month later I started noticing the aggressive advertising, the news headlines made a big deal about “CONSUMERS ARE RACKING UP CREDIT CARD DEBT” Well geez, multiply me times however millions of people also got the same aggressive advertising, and duh. 🙄
I can’t remember how long ago was the height of that news media nonsense. But I know it was relatively recently.
The people that go out of control only have themselves to blame in most cases.
With rights come responsibility, and as a gun owning American, I’ll be the first to admit that we have not been responsible with this inalienable right.
Sports betting apps are advertising so much on TV, so I’m guessing those companies must be making tons of money. It’s either insurance commercials, drug commercials or sports betting.
I had a phenomenal year last year (2021-22 season) this year I’ve given about 90% of it back.
Acquaintance of mine runs a governmentally funded call center in a major metropolitan area. He says 5 years ago incoming calls were 50% suicide and 50% alcohol/drug addiction with negligible % of incoming calls re gambling addition. He says that with proliferation of in-state and itnernet gambling since Supreme Court's 2018 ruling that overturned federal limits on state-approved gaming, the incoming calls are 50%+ gambling addiction and people losing homes, jobs, marriages etc.
But the fuckups can drag everyone else down with them.