I agree. Ban the advertising and promotion of it, like we do for cigarettes, because the industry is really predatory, but leave people the choice.

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acomjean 17 hours ago | parent [-]

As Comedy Central put it. “Sports, brought to you by gambling”.

I don’t disagree on ad regulation but it’s enmeshed now and will be hard to control. Leagues kept their distance because it looked bad, but now seem to embrace it as it must generate a boat load of ad revenue.

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eru 16 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, 'sports' itself is predatory and causes lots of young people to trash their health for the amusement of onlookers.

I say 'sports' to mean the stuff people watch on TV and in stadiums. You going for a run or kicking a ball with friends is fine. It's audience-driven sports that are bad.

A bit of betting is small fry by comparison.

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xboxnolifes 16 hours ago | parent [-]

A few thousand athletes making millions of dollars being amusements for onlookers

tens of thousands of people ruining their financial lives from gambling

	▲	eru 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The hundred athletes making bank are the tip of the ugly iceberg. Most hopefuls destroy their health for next to nothing.