| ▲ | awesome_dude 3 hours ago | |
True - legalisation increased total gambling. But your original claim was 'very few gambled illegally' which the historical record contradicts. The Costigan and Fitzgerald inquiries showed illegal gambling wasn't just widespread - the profits funded other organised crime including the heroin trade. We can debate whether legalisation was net positive without rewriting that history. | ||
| ▲ | Teever 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
So how wide spread was it? Like is there a graph of illegal gambling participation by pop over time? I've run in many different circles in my life and I've never really come across any sort of illegal gambling. I know it exists[0], it just honestly doesn't seem very common. | ||