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383 points toomuchtodo | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.235s | source
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shipman05 ◴[01 Nov 25 00:43 UTC] No.45778266[source]▶
It feels like banning advertising for gambling would be a sweet spot between harm reduction and maintaining individual liberty.

Sports gambling ads have ruined sports media. State lottery ads are even worse. The government should not spend money to encourage its own citizens to partake in harmful activities.

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tomjen3 ◴[01 Nov 25 12:10 UTC] No.45781031[source]▶
May I suggest just requiring people to register what how much they want to gamble and then be locked into that. If you want to gamble for 100 usd per month, then you can't bet more than that. You should be able to set your own amount, but any changes should only be active from the next month.

This has minimum impact on personal liberty, and will almost eliminate problem gambling.

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1. bitmasher9 ◴[01 Nov 25 12:53 UTC] No.45781255[source]▶
Problem gamblers will find ways around this regulation. It’ll reduce by adding friction but problem gambling existed before gambling was legalized.