How come we never hear about it in the anglo press the same way we do about Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc.?

    • mayomyeggo [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      People like gambling, you put a hundred different people from different backgrounds in a vacuum you would find no measurable difference between them when it comes to liking gambling. Also gambling should be banned.

      • blue_lives_murder [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah wtf is up with a :reddit-logo:-tier take like this

        The Chinese people love gambling, I know this from all the HK movies I've watched :galaxy-brain:

      • A_Serbian_Milf [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        I feel like casino and institutional gambling should be banned, establishments of gambling and gambling tournaments. Lotteries are repulsive.

        I have no issue with small-scale personal gambling, betting & games - plus it would not be feasible to stop these. The problems come from profit seeking entities getting involved (pay day lenders and loan sharks that prey on people gambling addictions, online scams, casinos and other institutions that make the gambling psychologically addictive and rig the games to always be in their favor, etc)

        Huge difference between some old grandmas playing cards outside and betting petty cash vs. a psychologically addicted elderly woman giving her social security checks to the slots

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        some cultures do approve of gambling more than others. That being said gambling is illegal in mainland China and has been since Mao so there must be some anti gambling sentiment in Chinese culture

    • bananon [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Mahjongs where it’s at. I suck at it though

      • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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        2 years ago

        I'd be interested in playing it online, especially if there were familiar people to play with.

        Hexbear multi-gaming clan when?