• Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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    2 months ago

    Gambling is perhaps the most egregious example of a naked wealth transfer from the poor to the rich

      • Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        I love that all of this started when a couple of techbros started illegal fantasy football betting apps, made a shitload of money by further impoverishing the impoverished, then used their ill gotten gains to buy off legislators. Now i am sure they are billionaires, instead of what they deserve which is execution

        Uber basically proved you could operate any app outside the law with impunity. Shit rules.

        • Wertheimer [any]
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          2 months ago

          Yeah - the article says "for the dozen states, including Texas and California, where sports gambling is still illegal, the solution is simple: change nothing," but because of these apps, it's trivially easy for Californians to gamble on sports.