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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social |
legalizing sports betting was such a profound societal failure.
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marcosantana
@marcosantana.bsky.social
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This week on Americas psychopaths lol @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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GlassNinja
@glassninja.bsky.social
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I always want to ask my uncle who's "really good at betting" and has 'won' '$4000' how much he's lost winning that money
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Mark Mauer
@markmauer.bsky.social
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If it destroys professional sports it will have been worth it.
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Secret Journal
@secretjournal.bsky.social
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The worse something is for society, the more they hunger to monetize it. MLB has gone full greed.
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True Tourtillott
@truet.bsky.social
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This was happening with fantasy sports a decade ago. Adding money to the equation is gasoline on the fire.
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Richard Koenig
@rich-king.bsky.social
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The sheer pervasive nature of it leads me to believe it will create some monumental financial disaster like the savings and loan scandal of the 80s/90s. . . Not an economist, however, went to art school, so what do I know.
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Simply Ed
@gojira65.bsky.social
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You know how destructive gambling is when all the commercials for Draft Kings and whatnot have to put that disclaimer at the end - "Call this number if you you or a loved one have a gambling problem and need help stopping," etc. They know they're preying on vulnerable people, and don't give a shit.
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PeoriaBummer
@peoriabummer.bsky.social
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Pro baseball learned this lesson so hard, it still echoes in the sport almost 100 years later.
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Sam
@samenrider.bsky.social
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A lot of the people I know who truly love sports have told me how much it's negatively impacted the watching experience even if they don't participate because so much of the presentation is now catered to pumping sports betting. Shit's a parasite.
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hestia 🇵🇸
@hestisiod.bsky.social
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if i had my way id criminalise all forms of gambling overnight. literally nothing would stop me.
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Marv Henry
@pedalthroughit.bsky.social
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As long as the NFL / NBA / MLB make their annual Billions from betting they don’t care … Ban a couple of players (for betting) for life to keep up appearances of a legit league … while having referees rig games to squeeze out as much profit as humanly possible
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Coup Otter
@therealjimsanto.bsky.social
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sick
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PFalcon - Brad
@pfalcon.bsky.social
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✅️ F A C T
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DonnaB
@m00dswing.bsky.social
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But, but, but the lobbyists and corporate guys said it would all be okay. There was nothing to worry about.
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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤
@ourobororoboruo.bsky.social
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Real life is once again funnier and sadder than fiction
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L
@noisybrooklyn1.bsky.social
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It’s the worst. It’s an addiction, but MLB: “haha! Oh well! We’ll have a tiny disclaimer about GA in the ads.”
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Red
@redvampire.bsky.social
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I've been feeling morbid and clicked this to know more about what is going on here. When it came up this all had to do with yet another fucking supreme court ruling I hit the roof
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The Wainscoting Guy
@squigglymips.bsky.social
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But Marisa, society needs new and exciting ways for upward wealth transfer
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celestinefury
@celestinefury.bsky.social
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i wonder, do we have any jurisdictions to compare that legalized it but regulated the advertising tightly? i don't watch sports so i haven't seen the sponsorships, but i've seen reddit _drowning_ in online sports betting ads (+what others online say) what's the uptake like w/o the pervasive ads? 🤔
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Nero Claudius Drusus, etc.
@drususclaudius.bsky.social
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Back in late [19]30s, Pops caddied. He'd bring the clubs out to parking lot, often to find a grown man crying behind the wheel because he lost the family rent money... and then get 20 cents scavenged from under the front seat, for 3 hours work in the sun. No bettors among his offspring 85 years on.
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Kari G Elliott
@kbyrd.bsky.social
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It's not just legalizing it ... it is promoting gambling on every platform with an evangelical zeal. I wish we could just watch sports without having every broadcast push odds on us.
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Lee Rowan
@leerowan.bsky.social
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Big-money gambling brings in crime. Always. And the current MAGAt threat-pushing encourages imitators among the violent clueless.
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Andrew Kimball
@andrewnk.bsky.social
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Especially when we had decades of evidence of how thoroughly corrupting it was to sports, economies and governance in pretty much every country that allowed it.
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saddy mayonnaise
@saddymayo.bsky.social
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We watched little league dads beat the crap out of each other for years over kids games. what did we think was gonna happen when EVERYONE started putting money on professional games?
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Matthew Johnson
@seasouthern.bsky.social
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I am theoretically okay with sports gambling. It’s been years but I have made a few bets myself. But I think putting slots machines hooked to credit cards in everyone’s pocket is a really REALLY bad idea. Really not sure where to go from here. Maybe the baby’s gotta be thrown out too.
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—Animal—
@little-animal.bsky.social
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They want to do this for WWE, can you imagine the sort of lunatics we'd see threatening wrestlers? There are people who still believe that it's real.
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Paul from Connecticut
@pcity90.bsky.social
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I’d like to see a Venn Diagram of these violent people and Trump supporters. I’d bet there’s a lot of overlap.
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An argument for the pit
@jeblucas.bsky.social
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I honestly don’t know how high schoolers and college kids are supposed to survive this barrage of sports gambling. It is a nonstop barrage of advertising and enticement, and will absolutely ruin some families. A tragedy we embrace.
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Glenn Forrest
@gn4rest.bsky.social
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The end goal of the betting sites is to take everything you have.I honestly now look at Kevin Hart, Jamie Fox and others who do their commercials with less respect.
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Tucker Drake
@tuckerdrake.bsky.social
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And the apps will try and stiff you when you actually do win a large payout.
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Karma's Dad
@karmasdad.bsky.social
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Which was evident before the stampede to legalize it.
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Devilpants
@devilpants.bsky.social
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sports betting is bad enough but the absolutely relentless omnipresent hyper-aggressive advertising for it makes me want to campaign to make it illegal again
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Go Deep, I'll Look for You
@godeep.bsky.social
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Another super duper stupid Supreme Court move. It’s as if they were saboteurs of America.
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Mona Lisa Marie
@monalisamarie.bsky.social
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It really was! I’ve lost all respect for celebrities who get paid millions of dollars to endorse it.
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Blake Mitchell
@blake.bsky.social
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Oh, and hey look who just bought the Dallas Mavericks several months ago! A bonafide casino magnate/Bond villain.
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tastewart
@tastewart.bsky.social
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Cincinnati Reds broadcasts have a parlay ad during game, promoted by the announcers! 😳 We are inundated with gambling ads! It’s going to ruin sports!!
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Bob’s Your Uncle
@bobsyouruncle.bsky.social
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And the negative effects were so so so predictable 😖
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B J. Witkin
@itsjustbeej.bsky.social
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In 20 years we will look back on this decision and classify it with the opioid crisis and other hugely shortsighted failures of U.S. government.
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Gianni
@quensil.bsky.social
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Absolutely real. These are the inevitable consequences. He was called up to the national team for the European football as soon as the disqualification ended...
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Jeff Thompson
@jeffthompson48.bsky.social
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They are basically promoting gambling addictions. A person could lose their entire life savings with one bad night.
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AnthropomorphiKurt
@infosprinkles.bsky.social
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Ayup
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wXZN...
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Sarah May
@sarahmay1.bsky.social
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As with many other things, perhaps you need to look more widely for the problem. Many countries (eg the UK, Ireland) have always had legal sports betting and it hasn't led to death threats. I'm not a fan of gambling, there are loads of things wrong with it. But violence like this is another problem
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Marisa Kabas
@marisakabas.bsky.social
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i think there's an attitude of "it's just sports! how serious could it be!" and my answer is that i already know someone who went to rehab for sports betting and financially destroyed his family
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Two Sets of Testicles, So Divine
@plankysmith.bsky.social
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Yep
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Jimm
@aretep.bsky.social
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Losers are always mad at the horse but it was the jockey who ran the show. The Betting App owners should be getting these death threats.
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Carter Edman
@carteredman.bsky.social
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It is enriching the people it was intended to enrich. Working exactly as designed.
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RCA
@rodericka1.bsky.social
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It's been legal since forever in the UK and not a major problem as far as I know. We are just a failed country with the dumbest people on the planet. And that's saying a lot since the Boomers in England forced Brexit.
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Taylor Nichols, MD FACEP
@tnicholsmd.bsky.social
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This was always going to end this way. I hope players associations start pushing for individual sports to opt out of these deals.
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@cateatdog.bsky.social
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congrats to Rob Manfart
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Jay Marose
@jaymarose.bsky.social
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So lets make college athletics the next gambling growth industry
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Julia
@sdrose.bsky.social
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⬆️⬆️⬆️
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Beth
@thisbethlife.bsky.social
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And they will vilify the addicts they’ve awakened.
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just a guy made of dots and lines
@mrreciprocity.bsky.social
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At least with casino games the perils of addiction are confined to the addict. Sports gambling makes it everybody's shitty background noise. I don't even watch sports and I still have to hear about it.
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Eric Bailey
@ericvbailey.bsky.social
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yes
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Jeffrey Ellis
@jeffreyellis.ca
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This episode has a good break down of how big tech has exacerbated the damage here
pca.st/episode/35bd...
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Doctor The Frog
@skipbidder.bsky.social
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I was so wrong about legalized gambling in the US. (I’m a disabled physician and have been making my living via gambling and fantasy sports since Covid.) I hate the impact it’s had. And hate that the people who were against expanded legalization were right…
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Sam Lowry
@samlowrymoi.bsky.social
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Since I was a kid sports betting and scalping have both been made legal and both have been ruinous.
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R. A. Izzo
@waxtadpole.bsky.social
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How on Earth is anyone surprised by this? Pro sports, gambling corporations, and states are making so much money, I think for many of them, this is just the cost of doing business.
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The Pedant Guy
@frailoldwoman.bsky.social
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Really helps flavor the comically absurd crumbling late capitalist empire dystopia vibe
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LunarBike
@lunarbike.bsky.social
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I can’t believe really smart people who actually seem to care about people in other ways are supportive of it.
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