The evil of sports book

[Mik]

CBS Sunday had a segment on it. It’s even worse than I thought, and I thought it was pretty damn bad. I’ll post it when available.

[Copper]

The industry is huge

There are winners and losers.

The winners get rich and the losers get a phone # to call for help, at tax payer expense.

[Mik]

We may as well sell heroin and give you bonus bags to keep you coming back.

[Mik]

The story:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/online-betting-the-dangers-of-sports-gambling-addiction/

[Mik]

Also CBS:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/how-and-where-to-bet-on-nfl-week-14-on-sunday-promos-sportsbooks-odds-game-analysis/

[Jolly]

We knew all this going in and greed got the best of the powers that be.

Look at the lottery craze at the end of the 19th century.

[taiwan_girl]

I think it was here(?) where somebody, maybe @jolly was talking about this and the "micro bets" (that were mentioned in the article) and how a problem they are, as now individuals are getting harassed a lot of gamblers because they didn't make a shot, score a goal, etc.