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   stux⚡ (stux@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 00:26:11 JST stux⚡

   Betting & gambling is getting more and more normalized again, almost like sports and betting on sports are two sides of the same coin but they're not

   Sites and apps popping up left and right and more people joining in 😟

   There is a reason however why all those gambling companies exist, the house wins ALWAYS at the end of the day and a casino is super profitable

   If people made money from (online) casinos they would not exist in the first place! Be smart❤️

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     Burn🔥🔥🔥🔥 (jhein@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 00:26:09 JST Burn🔥🔥🔥🔥

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     @stux

     As a teenager, I worked at a convenience store that had a lottery machine.

     Every single day on closing, the lottery machine was 2k or more in favor of the lottery company.

     I saw multiple people every day toss $100 into the machine and spend every dollar they won on more lottery until they lost. It was just sad.

     I think advertising gambling should be illegal. It's extremely predatory.

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     John Rohde Jensen (johnrohde@norrebro.space)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 00:26:51 JST John Rohde Jensen

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     @stux Betting/gambling is a tax on the desperate and those who are poor at statistics.

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     RoxanneG (roxanneg@mastodon.design)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 00:27:24 JST RoxanneG

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     @stux whenever I see a UX job posting for a gambling company like Dice i just cringe. I would have to be really desperate for work to consider applying to one of those. I hope I am never this desperate. The thought of using UX design to manipulate people into losing so much makes me sick.

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     stux⚡ (stux@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 00:27:59 JST stux⚡

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     • Burn🔥🔥🔥🔥

     @JHein It really is :sad_cat:

     Sometimes I quickly go via a store that sells almost exclusively tobacco, lottery and some other small items and indeed people in front of me in the line who come for their lottery tickets almost always spend the "winnings" on new tickets while paying extra

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     LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿 (lukealmighty@gameliberty.club)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 00:33:28 JST LukeAlmighty 🇨🇿

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     @JHein @stux
     I remember once missing my train, and while I was waiting, a bunch of kids ran into the station, and spent all of their money on Lottery tickets.

     After the 1st wave, they spent all of their winnings on more tickets and repeated, until they were at 0 and left.

     Quite an educational experience to be sure. :D