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To: marcusmaximus

No one puts a gun to your head to place a bet or to gamble. You gamble and you lose it’s your fault.


2 posted on 07/09/2025 10:40:05 AM PDT by The Louiswu (USA FIRST...USA FOREVER)
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To: The Louiswu

“You gamble and you lose it’s your fault.”

When I was young it was my understanding that gambling debts were unenforceable as being against public policy.

There was no upside for the government in having stupid people gambling away their paychecks.


9 posted on 07/09/2025 10:51:16 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: The Louiswu
I had a friend years ago who was the staunchest libertarian I’ve ever known. He made Rand Paul look like a totalitarian control freak.

And yet he was adamantly opposed to legalized gambling — to the point where he sold his bar-restaurant business rather than put video slot machines in it like all his competitors were doing at the time.

15 posted on 07/09/2025 10:57:07 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("The gallows wait for martyrs whose papers are in order.")
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To: The Louiswu

Government is now involved in making money on what were previously considered dangerous vices. They’re pushing out organized crime

Next up is prostitution.


16 posted on 07/09/2025 10:58:16 AM PDT by PGR88
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