Doubling down on failure.
I’ve long felt it was morally wrong for governments to push gambling as a good thing. Thank you for the clear economic and revenue arguments.
And I didn't even get into lotteries, which are an absolute scandal: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2017-08-23/powerball-winners-are-not-the-poor-or-state-budgets
There are way too many sports gambling ads when I watch games. I love free fantasy sports, but it should be illegal to plug betting this much.
Native Nevadan here. You nailed it, Pat. I grew up around the negative social effects of gambling back when we were the only game in town, and it has chilled me to my marrow to watch Pandora's Box bursting open nationwide.
Cashing in on the poors' hopes and dreams with glitz. That goes for the state's regressive income from lotteries. "All that glisters is not gold."
I’ve long felt it was morally wrong for governments to push gambling as a good thing. Thank you for the clear economic and revenue arguments.
And I didn't even get into lotteries, which are an absolute scandal: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/thomas-jefferson-street/articles/2017-08-23/powerball-winners-are-not-the-poor-or-state-budgets
There are way too many sports gambling ads when I watch games. I love free fantasy sports, but it should be illegal to plug betting this much.
Native Nevadan here. You nailed it, Pat. I grew up around the negative social effects of gambling back when we were the only game in town, and it has chilled me to my marrow to watch Pandora's Box bursting open nationwide.
Cashing in on the poors' hopes and dreams with glitz. That goes for the state's regressive income from lotteries. "All that glisters is not gold."