I liked it for political races as an alternative to polls. Was terrible for several other things. 99% of it was really just sports betting, which I can't see being a good thing.

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baggachipz an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The genie's way out of the bottle with sports betting. Nonstop ads, branding tie-ins, billboards, podcast ads, on and on.

And it's terrible and going to destroy sports.

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kube-system 40 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

We don't need more financial incentive to influence the outcome of elections, there's already enough as it is.

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rbanffy an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> I liked it for political races as an alternative to polls.

With enough funds, smaller political races can be gamed.

	▲	mahboi an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah that too, so only the big ones. Obviously the law can't distinguish since it's all the same kind of gambling.