Unironically ban all gambling

  • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]
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    2 years ago

    my gf works in a grocery store and the stories abt ppl addicted to the lottery and scratch off tickets are super depressing. ppl will ask how many scratch offs there are left on a roll as if theres some strategy for it. and ppl will buy a 40oz with a scratch off every single day :shrek-pixel-despair:

    • BigLadKarlLiebknecht [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      It reminds me of the usual confluence of betting shops and pubs (especially brand ones such as Wetherspoons) in the UK. You find a betting shop, there’s very often a pub adjacent. Just straight up predatory.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Betting shops or "casinos" in Denmark are often places in poor areas with many unemployed people and people on disability. These dimly lit dens reeking of depression and cigarette smoke are often staffed by moonlighting workers who can be paid very little and have no legal protection as they will get in trouble for "benefit fraud" if the authorities find out about them working there. It's predatory as fuck.