> we don't allow gambling in every convenience store in the country

In Ontario we do allow gambling in every convenience store in the province.

There are scratch tickets right there on the counter. There's the OLG machine for printing and checking lottery tickets and sports betting.

It has been this way for as long as I can remember, but it's never been in your face like the last few years.

Maybe we'll start repurposing the washrooms and stock rooms for poker tournaments soon.

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SoftTalker 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, same in the US. States like to lecture us on gambling when they are the biggest operators out there.

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triceratops 2 hours ago | parent [-]

States operate gambling so that there is no profit motive in running it. That's the theory for it anyway.

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bragr 7 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

If they actually operated in a disinterested way, sure, but how many different forms of advertising do you see the lotto being promoted in? Doesn't seem disinterested to me.

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SoftTalker an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

What? States make buckets of money from gambling. They typically claimed it was "for education" but money is fungible and our other taxes never went down, so anything it offsets in one budget just leaves more money for other budgets.

	▲	braj0 11 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The real reason they can do it is they (the state) have a monopoly on violence and you don't.
	▲	triceratops an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Read my second sentence again.