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Posted on 10/27/2026 8:30:47 PM PDT by chickenlips
Online gambling is about to ravage many young men’s futures.
An opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times recently compared celebrities promoting online gambling sites to spokespersons for cigarette companies in the past. It’s an apt comparison, considering the tension between online betting’s glamorous persona and its frequent reality of financial debt, addiction, suicide, and devastation to marriages and families.
The global sports betting market is worth over $120 billion. Prediction markets, which allow the average citizen to place bets on the outcome of everyday events, are on track to reach an astounding $1 trillion in volume by 2030.
Many bettors, however, fail to recognize that this isn’t a lucrative, skill-based path toward financial freedom; it is, instead, risky and dependent on chance. In fact, one in five Americans views sports betting as a form of investing. This statistic doubles to two in five when asking Gen Zers, who account for roughly half of all online betting activity.
Online gambling is different from traditional forms of casino gambling in that a person can gamble at all hours of the day, with few restrictions, no matter where he is. This makes it easier for someone who can’t afford to gamble to partake, and for a casual hobby to slide into a full-blown addiction.
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Bobby Rigged 🎾
From the Daily Wire. The nerve of these people to publish and article like this while they pimp Kalshi relentlessly every single day. They should solicit marijuana sellers as an advertiser as well so Daily Wire can profit off both of the major cancers, gambling and drug use, eating away at our society
>> major cancers, gambling and drug use, eating away at our society
Yup. Thank your local Lippertardian for his/her/its service. A pox on that perverse party and its godless, self-centered libertine ideology!
Totally agree...with Mohammedism #1...
I’ve seen gambling ruin the lives of several former employees. They would be paid on Friday and broke on Monday. Their families suffered as much as if they were addicts or alcoholics.
Here’s one way I had not thought of; insider betting on military operations. Talk about losing money, this could cause one to lose their career and freedom, while endangering countless others. Sad.
https://dailycaller.com/2026/10/27/pentagon-bans-insider-betting-cites-intelligence-risks/
I have never understood the “I’m cool because I throw my money away in casinos” mindset.
I respect your choice!
Big time.
Exactly.
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