What are legitimate arguments for legalization of gambling?
What are legitimate arguments for legalization of gambling?
Question inspired by the news that Dave and Busters is supposed to be adding gambling to their games. And of course there are the sports betting apps.
I get that all things being equal we should let people do what they want to do. But I don't see much of a benefit, and a lot of downside to allowing the spread of gambling.
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Maybe folks should mind their own business 🤷♂️ .
Saviour complex and nanny state shit.
I think there's a balance somewhere between helping people handle risk and letting them make their own decisions.
For example, I'm glad the U.S. has the food and drug administration. A person could say "people are smart enough to choose their own food" which is true but I also want there to be a professional who is verifying food doesn't have contaminants in it.
I agree there is a balance. It's repeatedly stepped on.
What you described is creating awareness and accountability to the accuracy of what is being sold. Akin to being told the odds of winning and ensures a level of accuracy where an individual needs to be highly educated and/or wealthy to verify themselves.
What is proposed here is not accuracy. It's telling adults what they can and can't do because people feel all sad because there are idiots and people with addictions.
Well in my example there is also someone with the power to say "this product exceeds x threshold for harmfulness so it's illegal to sell"