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rybosworld ◴[31 Oct 25 19:08 UTC] No.45775563[source]▶

I don't think you can kill corporate run gambling - people will just use some offshore website instead.

It might be something we should treat more like smoking.

- Require a disclosure of the EV of each bet as the user is placing it. E.g.: Expected loss $5.

- Ad targeting restrictions.

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1. TSiege ◴[31 Oct 25 19:28 UTC] No.45775770[source]▶

>>45775563 #

This is a problem that literally had minimal societal consequences just a few years ago before the 2018 supreme court ruling[1]. I don't see why we shouldn't just try to move the laws back to how things were in 2017.

Source 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_v._National_Collegiate_...

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