This was kind of my point. I know plenty of bookies. I know plenty of gambling addicts. Giving these people an easier way to get their fix is not a great thing IMO but I guess they will find it nonetheless. I simply wonder how many people never had access to a bookie who are now taking advantage of the one at their fingertips.
That’s the same issue with marijuana. Making something fully legal certainly opens the door to more users. How many? How much harm? Hard to say. The preliminary info on marijuana seems to suggest that the impact on the culture (in a place like Colorado) isn’t all that much.
Like any industry, they're going to try to establish themselves as the default. Right now, with it just now being legalized in most states, unlike casinos, this is statewide and proximity doesn't matter. So, becoming the 'go to' for the customers is key. That's why they're doing the '200% match', etc. FanDuel and DraftKings have a huge advantage getting spread so far and wide with fantasy sports that the major operators have to give a lot of freebies to keep people from going to the two major names everyone knows. And then they do the same to draw them back or to keep them from straying.
You apparently view this as some kind of very obvious reference. At the moment, I’m not sure which “side” you’re referring to.
Seems kind of simplistic. Fentanyl? Heroin?
Thanks for clarifying because I thought you might be going the other way.
I'd be curious to know how you do in one year? You tracking or just having fun with it? I've never met a successful gambler.
I'm curious, too. Started this account March 1 with this philosphy, and went from $200 to $2736 last night. Nets are going to ruin a bunch of parlays today.
My point was that the first time gambler/drug user also believe they will be disciplined. "This will be fun..." until it's not. People don't know until they get there. My belief is why find out that you're addictive if you haven't gambled before? Regardless of preachyness, I really am just making a statement. I realize some will be fine.
You must not know the right people. My buddies all tell me about their big wins. They must never take any bad beats.
I lost $717 on that three pointer at the buzzer by TCU. So yeah, hahaha.You must not know the right people. My buddies all tell me about their big wins. They must never take any bad beats.
I knew a guy that worked at the Jeep plant in Toledo and he told me in the early '70s workers from the Philip Morris plant in NC would come up with a tractor trailer full of Winston & Kool cartons and hand them out at the end of a shift, they would say a gift from their fellow factory brothers in NC. The military service was another place that free or heavily discounted smokes were made available as a "benefit". Finally smokes "girls" use to hand out free sample packs outside of Terminal Tower in downtown CLE, while in grade school they would hand them to us and tell us they were for our parents with a nice little wink. No surprise that "free" samples are the marketing ploy for something that is highly addictive.
That does not surprise me at all and as crazy as it sounds, probably led to alot of people getting lung disease and other smoking ales, along with being an expensive habit.
