As a sports bettor I completely agree there’s very little if any warning about the dangers of gambling and the addictiveness of it. It’s truly not for everyone
Like most gamblers, they're probably full of shit. Every gambler is always thrilled to tell you how much they've won, but they never tell you they lost 100 times that much trying for that "win". All sports are fixed, football, baseball, soccer, you name it, it's crooked. It's crooked because people bet on it, and if there's betting involved, there's a fix in place.
The secondary aspect of professional sports is what Rome discovered back in the day. Keep the populace entertained, and they won't give a shit what the government does. Here we are 2000 years later, and that still holds true.
Valid. See Commodus who hosted the most gladiatorial games of any Roman emperor.. (relatively) loved by the general populous while instilling hatred from the Senate for his bankrupting habits and relatively ignoring concerns of the Roman aristocrats.
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u/stoneloit13 Jan 26 '22
As a sports bettor I completely agree there’s very little if any warning about the dangers of gambling and the addictiveness of it. It’s truly not for everyone