• LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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    1 hour ago

    The reason gambling is illegal is because it’s predatory. They’re trying to convince people that they can beat the odds and become rich.

    While he needs to get help, and take some responsibility for losing that money, he also deserves every penny returned to him.

    You can’t make something legal just by calling it something different.

    • HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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      34 minutes ago

      Where is gambling illegal? Indonesia?

      “They’re trying to convince people that they can beat the odds”

      Where is anyone doing that?

      “and become rich.”

      So do universities and stock brokers.

  • Azura The Spellkissed@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 hours ago

    tbf, that is the treatment that illegal gambling provides should get. Minus the “spending huge sums on them” sum part… Wait aren’t sport bets literally the only thing legal there, depending on the jurisdiction?