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384 points toomuchtodo | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 17:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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Balgair ◴[01 Nov 25 14:20 UTC] No.45781844[source]▶
I'll make a bet here:

By the 2040 US presidential election, anti-gambling legislation will be a bigger party platform issue than abortion is for one of the two major US political parties.

We are ruining a generation of men with this, just as we did with alcohol in the era before prohibition. A wiser and more sensible approach is desperately needed today, but will not come for another 15 years until the damage is inescapable to see.

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1. uvaursi ◴[01 Nov 25 14:47 UTC] No.45782028[source]▶
There’s something entertaining about an article on addiction-driven gambling and then a comment that uses a provocative, attention grabbing hook, on a website that has trained its audience to respond like Pavlovian dogs to bait.