Gambling Is Skyrocketing

[Rambunctious]

Red state Alabama has 3 casinos.

Red state North Carolina has 3 casinos.

Red state West Virginia has 5 casinos.

Red state Ohio has 11 casinos.

Red state Indiana has 13 casinos.

Red state Florida has 8 casinos.

Red state Mississippi has 25 casinos.

Red state Louisiana has 20 casinos.

Red state Arkansas has 3 casinos.

Red state Oklahoma has 2 casinos.

Red state Missouri has 13 casinos.

Red state Iowa has 19 casinos.

Red state South Dakota has 22 casinos.

Red state Nebraska has 5 casinos.

Red state Kansas has 4 casinos.


And before you step on your dick again, those are COMMERCIAL casinos. I did not include tribal casinos.

Those hotbeds of liberal Democrats (California, Oregon, Washington and several other blue states) have ZERO commercial casinos.

Why do you hacks make such dumb mistakes without first checking the facts?

Cities and counties please....

 

[leftwinger]

Many Games are on TV. I've lived my whole life playing sports or glued to TV. Been to games in a few cities.

If I found a way to bet $5, $10 or $25 home made parlay bets and lose a small amount or break even? I call it a win atthis time.

It can cost you hundreds to go to a baseball game or $1000s to NFL. if I'm down $110 for the year I'm ahead of paying to park twice. Eeating at home 10% costv ballpark food

I can hit the remote and see parts of 50 games. But I admit, it took a couple costly years when I first joined to learn the ropes. I could write a book now. Small book as I'm lazy. I'll get bored and stop. And it is work. Hunting Stats.

I'm trying to say it can e a fun hobby.

 

[22lcidw]

I remember as a youth, there were people questioning why there was not what we see today. We now know. For better or worse. Many of these ways of gambling was designed for local and state governments to put extra resources into their spending funds. Unfortunately, they kept adding more and more social programs or paying for other organizations and the gambling legislation increased. There are a lot of people who have some extra dollars it seems to keep people betting and gambling. It seems we have saturated the market in most areas of the nation affected. If Florida ever opened up in certain areas, they could build smaller version mini casino strips like Vegas or Atlantic City.

 

[debbiedowner]

Red state Alabama has 3 casinos.

Red state North Carolina has 3 casinos.

Red state West Virginia has 5 casinos.

Red state Ohio has 11 casinos.

Red state Indiana has 13 casinos.

Red state Florida has 8 casinos.

Red state Mississippi has 25 casinos.

Red state Louisiana has 20 casinos.

Red state Arkansas has 3 casinos.

Red state Oklahoma has 2 casinos.

Red state Missouri has 13 casinos.

Red state Iowa has 19 casinos.

Red state South Dakota has 22 casinos.

Red state Nebraska has 5 casinos.

Red state Kansas has 4 casinos.


And before you step on your dick again, those are COMMERCIAL casinos. I did not include tribal casinos.

Those hotbeds of liberal Democrats (California, Oregon, Washington and several other blue states) have ZERO commercial casinos.

Why do you hacks make such dumb mistakes without first checking the facts?

Alabama are tribal casinos and so are Florida's. But if Ram would care to research his claim and see who owns the largest casinos in the U.S. he would find some of the largest donor's to Trump and the boys.

 

[initforme]

I couldn't agree more with you.
Government now looks at "sins" as money makers.
Things they used to ban - marijuana, gambling - they now view as a cash cow, regardless of the harm to the public.
I'm lucky. I don't have an addictive personality, by and large. I've never gambled and have zero interest in it. I haven't smoked pot on well over 45 years.
I look askance at what local governments now not only accept but actively endorse. I think it's sad and a further indication that our society is slip slidin' away ...

Corporations dont care about whats good or bad for society. They just want a labor force so they can make their profits. Look at the food industry and the sugary foods they put on shelves.

 

[Mr Natural]

Gambling can be a fun form of entertainment so long as you set a limit and don’t plan on winning any money.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

About 20 years ago, I had cause to travel to Las Vegas on business. As a coworker and I marveled at the tremendous size and glitz of Caesar's Palace, I said, "They didn't build that by suckers winning." He nodded and headed to the sports desk to throw away a few hundred dollars. And this guy was an evangelical!

I didn't drop a single dollar the three days I was there, but I did get to meet Colonel Paul Tibbets. That was cool.

I hate the very idea of Las Vegas. And Atlantic City. And Fanduel et al.

I live in Vegas. I rarely gamble. I'll go to a casino if we have friends or family in town and maybe drop a few hundred on Blackjack or video Poker and occasionally will play video Poker at a bar, but one, I can afford it when I do and two, it's only a few times a year. I mostly stay away from it because I know how addicting it can get, particularly in a place like this where it's so accessible you can play slots at the gas station and the grocery store.

 

[eagle7-31]

More and more states have been relaxing their laws against gambling, seeing it as a way to generate revenues.

The surge in digital access to gambling apps has also fueled the rise of losers throwing away countless billions.

Gambling houses and gambling sites don't use that word, gambling. They call it "gaming". As if.

Since 2019, calls to addiction phone lines have increased by a whopping 60 percent.

With gambling apps, you can bet 24/7 without leaving your soiled bed.

The latest craze is parlay betting. This is betting on several outcomes at once, with the only way to win is for all those outcomes to occur. This attracts the innumerate in droves because the difference between the amount you bet compared to the possible winnings is huge. But it is literally a sucker's bet.

About 20 years ago, I had cause to travel to Las Vegas on business. As a coworker and I marveled at the tremendous size and glitz of Caesar's Palace, I said, "They didn't build that by suckers winning." He nodded and headed to the sports desk to throw away a few hundred dollars. And this guy was an evangelical!

I didn't drop a single dollar the three days I was there, but I did get to meet Colonel Paul Tibbets. That was cool.

I hate the very idea of Las Vegas. And Atlantic City. And Fanduel et al.

This is rapidly becoming a serious public health problem.

The Rise of Sports Gambling: Understanding the New Addiction Landscape​

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This has building for a number of years. Get enough gambling revenue and politicians can spend money like drunken sailors and never have to raise taxes. I do agree that it is becoming a problem.

 

[GMCGeneral]

The State governments are one thing. They're also in cahoots with the Native American tribes as well. The NYS/Seneca Nation gaming cabal is well known.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Well, this does conflict with my libertarian streak.

However, the gambling industry is exploiting human weakness, and are using our political system to gain easier and easier access to the weak.

When I was stationed in Mississippi, there was a tavern which had a drive-through liquor store. You could literally grab a fifth of Jack Daniels' from behind the wheel of your automobile.

I don't think it was a coincidence that same town had the highest DUI rate in the country.

That owners of that tavern and the only bail bondsmen in town were one and the same.

But people gambling in casinos are only hurting themselves.

I think it’s silly too, but are we going to be a nanny state, working to protect people from themselves?

 

[initforme]

People ARE going to do drugs, drink, gamble, and other bad things in an overworked anxious society. Nobody ever had time to reset so people turn to bad things. Its an endless cycle.

 

[Marener]

But people gambling in casinos are only hurting themselves.

I think it’s silly too, but are we going to be a nanny state, working to protect people from themselves?

Now apply that logic to fentanyl use.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Now apply that logic to fentanyl use.

Fentanyl is illegal and will kill you. Different animal.

 

[Marener]

Fentanyl is illegal and will kill you. Different animal.

People on fentanyl are only hurting themselves.

 

[initforme]

To add to that we as a nation incessantly harp on young people...

Get educated
Work hard
Get married
Have kids
Wake up, rush the kids off to school, go to work, come home, eat, go to bed...20 years of that.
Another 20 years of rush around go to work every day after the kids are gone.
You might or might not be able to afford health care.
Save save save for retirement but you probably cant save enough to retire at a reasonable age.
Get sick, die.

Take a look at that pucture and tell people where the hope is.

 

[sartre play]

It’s a free country, if people want to throw away their life savings, who are we to interfere.

WE cant, But Nothing wrong reminding people that gambling for fun is diffrent
than to continue untill your in over your head.

 

[ThisIsMe]

People on fentanyl are only hurting themselves.

Ok, I get your point, you think we should intervene on behalf of the public to protect them. Got it.


So how about this, we pass laws that force casinos to put up signs warning people that gambling is addictive, and can lead to financial ruin and other bad outcomes, at the same time, we pass laws that force doctors to talk to children who’s parents are bringing them in for hormone treatments or sex change therapy, and warn them that doing these things could have potential devastating affects on their life and mental health in the future and that this path is irreversible and could lead to devastating consequences down the line.

 

[Mr Natural]

To add to that we as a nation incessantly harp on young people...

Get educated
Work hard
Get married
Have kids
Wake up, rush the kids off to school, go to work, come home, eat, go to bed...20 years of that.
Another 20 years of rush around go to work every day after the kids are gone.
You might or might not be able to afford health care.
Save save save for retirement but you probably cant save enough to retire at a reasonable age.
Get sick, die.

Take a look at that pucture and tell people where the hope is.

Another round of tax cuts for the billionaires will solve all those problems.

Trickle down baby, trickle down.

 

[ThisIsMe]

WE cant, But Nothing wrong reminding people that gambling for fun is diffrent
than to continue untill your in over your head.

Yes, same thing with doctors who want to push transitions on children!

 

[Marener]

Ok, I get your point, you think we should intervene on behalf of the public to protect them. Got it.


So how about this, we pass laws that force casinos to put up signs warning people that gambling is addictive, and can lead to financial ruin and other bad outcomes, at the same time, we pass laws that force doctors to talk to children who’s parents are bringing them in for hormone treatments or sex change therapy, and warn them that doing these things could have potential devastating affects on their life and mental health in the future and that this path is irreversible and could lead to devastating consequences down the line.

So you’re okay with a nanny state sometimes but not other times.