2026-09-21 17:05 UTC
"You can get bogged down all you want in arguing the ethics of how companies like DraftKings and FanDuel find and retain customers, but there's no denying what their success and profitability requires. It requires a 29-year-old with a good job spending his Saturday locked inside his completely barren apartment, watching football games on his TV and phone, agonizing over the bad decisions he's made."
https://defector.com/the-gambling-companies-need-their-customers-misery?giftLink=f8cf3873b239e21bd8cb065cb3722b94
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@radicalrobit@laserdisc.party 2026-09-21 17:10
In following the centrist tradition of incrementalism, I suggest we put all of gambling back in the hands of the mob families. They were less dangerous by a factor of 10 than any tech company.