The question is how many people are harmed/unharmed by gambling? If say 2% of all bettors develop a gambling addiction, does that warrant a complete ban? What if it was 0,5% ? I don’t know the actual numbers on this but I generally think that you shouldn’t illegalsize for the many what is a problem for a small minority. I watch hours upon hours of sports with betting ads and I have never engaged in betting because I’m self aware enough to know that I might not be able to handle it if I get of “to a good start”.
That’s what I’m saying. To me, 1,5% is way too few people that it warrants banning an activity that the vast majority can handle - even though the ads for gambling are through the roof. Just like alcohol. Take Norway, s country that is known for its very strict alcohol laws. According to https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcoholism-by-country (don’t know creditably), 1,59% suffer from alcoholism. Sweden is 2,81%.
However, it’s too different debates. My stand is that it’s all about proper relegation and education.
It’s not only about addiction. Gambling industry is very corrosive overall being a major source for money laundering, financial exploitation and source of conflict. Generally I’m very libertarian but gambling is just an incredibly toxic industry because it has so many invisible costs that is more than just addiction.
How are you sourcing these claims? I from a gambling friendly country and now live in one where gambling is illegal and the societal damage caused by gambling is very noticeable. Though, I’d say big chunk of it is coming from gambling advertisements and legal physical casinos with no advertisements allowed would be very fair compromise imo.
Eh literally everything is entertaining so it’s not a very interesting metric to measure anything.
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Guy above is suggesting that gambling is a very harmful entertainment and that there are better ways to entertain yourself
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You’re diminishing the harms of gambling. Entertainment is cheap and one of societal areas where we can afford safety.
The question is how many people are harmed/unharmed by gambling? If say 2% of all bettors develop a gambling addiction, does that warrant a complete ban? What if it was 0,5% ? I don’t know the actual numbers on this but I generally think that you shouldn’t illegalsize for the many what is a problem for a small minority. I watch hours upon hours of sports with betting ads and I have never engaged in betting because I’m self aware enough to know that I might not be able to handle it if I get of “to a good start”.
It’s the same problem with drug prohibition.
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That’s what I’m saying. To me, 1,5% is way too few people that it warrants banning an activity that the vast majority can handle - even though the ads for gambling are through the roof. Just like alcohol. Take Norway, s country that is known for its very strict alcohol laws. According to https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcoholism-by-country (don’t know creditably), 1,59% suffer from alcoholism. Sweden is 2,81%.
However, it’s too different debates. My stand is that it’s all about proper relegation and education.
It’s not only about addiction. Gambling industry is very corrosive overall being a major source for money laundering, financial exploitation and source of conflict. Generally I’m very libertarian but gambling is just an incredibly toxic industry because it has so many invisible costs that is more than just addiction.
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Lmao this is not true. I’m personally familiar with this issue.
Depends on regulations. In my country, the main big gambling company transfers their income to social projects
Absurd lie.
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How are you sourcing these claims? I from a gambling friendly country and now live in one where gambling is illegal and the societal damage caused by gambling is very noticeable. Though, I’d say big chunk of it is coming from gambling advertisements and legal physical casinos with no advertisements allowed would be very fair compromise imo.
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Source? You’re just posting some AI hallucinations.