Jason Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Dave & Buster’s is adding real money betting options to arcade staples ARSTECHNICA.COM "Gamification layer" platform promises to streamline your friendly Skee-Ball wagers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 The proliferation of "easy" ways to gamble (ESPECIALLY when it comes to sports betting) continues to do incalculable societal damage. 3 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I hate the way gambling has permeated everything. Keep degenerates underground where they belong. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamusha Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I have some nasty vices but thankfully gambling isn’t one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 17 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: The proliferation of "easy" ways to gamble (ESPECIALLY when it comes to sports betting) continues to do incalculable societal damage. Hot Spots are fucked. Rural people had it bad enough with meth and pills, and then hot spots came along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 Just now, Bacon said: Hot Spots are fucked. Rural people had it bad enough with meth and pills, and then hot spots came along. First time I saw those I thought they were brothels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I wonder if this will affect Canada as well as I have a couple friends who work at my local Dave and Buster's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 39 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: I hate the way gambling has permeated everything. Keep degenerates underground where they belong. If it were limited to the gambling degenerates, it would be one thing, but it's probably not coincidental that gambling has proliferated/permeated everywhere at the same time that economic/social conditions have deteriorated for large swathes of society. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 5 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: If it were limited to the gambling degenerates, it would be one thing, but it's probably not coincidental that gambling has proliferated/permeated everywhere at the same time that economic/social conditions have deteriorated for large swathes of society. That's exactly why it needs to be kept underground. Too many people are getting into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 All the sports gambling stuff feels like massive bubble that's gonna pop before too long, but that doesn't mean that it's not gonna do a ton of damage before it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 This feels like it would be easy to exploit. First off who gets the money on the bet? If you bet on your friend and win you get the money. But if you lose do they get the money? If someone is halfway decent at the game they could easily throw the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 2 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: The proliferation of "easy" ways to gamble (ESPECIALLY when it comes to sports betting) continues to do incalculable societal damage. It is mind boggling to me how fast the ads went from low key “see how good you’d be if you were to bet real money in this sports betting simulator” to “bet here and get bonus cash” commercials to the fucking announcers in your Tuesday afternoon baseball game saying “this slow motion replay brought to you by FanDuel. Maybe this official review will overturn that call and you’ll win big!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 8 hours ago, GeneticBlueprint said: It is mind boggling to me how fast the ads went from low key “see how good you’d be if you were to bet real money in this sports betting simulator” to “bet here and get bonus cash” commercials to the fucking announcers in your Tuesday afternoon baseball game saying “this slow motion replay brought to you by FanDuel. Maybe this official review will overturn that call and you’ll win big!” It’s so gross. Hearing about someone’s fantasy team is boring as shit, but listening to someone drone on and on about their parleys or whatever the fuck is just awful. I’d rather read City of God by St. Augustine than hear about someone’s bets. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 15 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said: It’s so gross. Hearing about someone’s fantasy team is boring as shit, but listening to someone drone on and on about their parleys or whatever the fuck is just awful. I’d rather read City of God by St. Augustine then hear about someone’s bets. How could you betray @Brian a day after his birthday? 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 My boss loves to talk about how he made 100k last year and he’s still broke, like it’s some kind of brag. No, he’s just a degenerate gambler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 19 minutes ago, TheLeon said: My boss loves to talk about how he made 100k last year and he’s still broke, like it’s some kind of brag. No, he’s just a degenerate gambler. “Thanks, Biden” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I'm no prude when it comes to gambling. Hell, I admit I do a bit every once in a while. Even so, I do think we need to pump the brakes on the constant ads and news stories like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I have several friends that love to bet on sports, these friends are also usually strapped for cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualhunter Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 10 hours ago, Brick said: I wonder if this will affect Canada as well as I have a couple friends who work at my local Dave and Buster's. If it does, you'll have to answer a skill testing question (something like 3*3+1-4/2) so that it doesn't count as gambling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 degenerate gamblers rejoice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggie Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 This seems like a terrible idea. I thought D&B was marketed as a family friendly place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spork3245 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 5 minutes ago, Biggie said: This seems like a terrible idea. I thought D&B was marketed as a family friendly place? Sure, but so’s Hooters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 11 minutes ago, Biggie said: This seems like a terrible idea. I thought D&B was marketed as a family friendly place? From what I understand Chuck E Cheese games ended up being gambling games mostly, so family friendly has had it going on for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblfilms Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 It is time for the feds to treat gambling like cigarettes and ban nearly all advertising of it. It should be legal to participate in, but the constant stream of marketing is truly gross stuff. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 11 minutes ago, sblfilms said: It is time for the feds to treat gambling like cigarettes and ban nearly all advertising of it. It should be legal to participate in, but the constant stream of marketing is truly gross stuff. It also shouldn't be accessible via the internet - if you want to bet, you have to do it in-person. And I say that as someone who places a bet every now and again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenTongue Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 14 hours ago, thewhyteboar said: I hate the way gambling has permeated everything. Keep degenerates underground where they belong. The single largest demographic seeking help for compulsive gambling, by a HUGE margin, over the past 18 months, has been young men between the ages of 21 and 30. And while the stats are somewhat questionable, our best current estimates are that 1 in 900 compulsive gamblers seeks help from GA, and while there are certainly other programs available for treatment, few have the (admittedly limited) success rate of a 12-step program. One of, if not the greatest dangers, of the mass proliferation of legalized gambling, is the lingering perception that problem gambling is limited to 50+ year old guys at the track or OTB. It's hard to forecast how devastating this growth and expansion of gambling will ultimately prove to be, but I'm pretty confident that the answer is that it will be far, far worse than we are imagining now. I'm on the board of trustees for NYIG (basically the governing body for Gamblers Anonymous in NY), and we're now dealing with questions like - if a 16 year old calls the GA hotline or shows up at a meeting alone after getting information from the website, do we have an ethical obligation to disclose this to their family? There isn't any legal obligation, but ethically - it's a challenging question, and a terrible one to have to deliberate on. And it's a question that is coming up with increased frequency, because it's started happening. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I’m glad gambling never appealed to me. I’ve never tried it once. I figure if I lost even $20, I’d be like “man, I coulda bought a new book with that.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_m_b_m_b_m Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Some people just want their dopamine hits from spending real, useful money gambling instead of wasting their time on RNG rewards like enlightened individuals (me, playing world of Warcraft again) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbiggsly Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 It's always fun watching sports with degenerate gamblers. Especially when some garbage time points ruin their parlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 3 hours ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: I’m glad gambling never appealed to me. I’ve never tried it once. I figure if I lost even $20, I’d be like “man, I coulda bought a new book with that.” But if you win you can buy two books. In all seriousness I just treat it like another entertainment expense when I go to Las Vegas. If the money in the budget runs out then it's over. If I get bored it's over. Whichever comes first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLeon Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 When the sports betting apps came to Ohio, I signed up for a couple, put my $10 in. Bet on random crap, not even fully understanding my bets sometimes. Between the money I put in and the bonus bets they gave me, I was quickly up a good $250. I started to feel that it would really easily get its hooks into me (I’m already up by so much, this is so easy! I’ll never lose! And if I do lose, I just need one big bet to win it all back!) and it freaked me out. I cashed out and now whenever I want that rush, I just watch Uncut Gems. Spoiler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firewithin Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 38 minutes ago, TheLeon said: When the sports betting apps came to Ohio, I signed up for a couple, put my $10 in. Bet on random crap, not even fully understanding my bets sometimes. Between the money I put in and the bonus bets they gave me, I was quickly up a good $250. I started to feel that it would really easily get its hooks into me (I’m already up by so much, this is so easy! I’ll never lose! And if I do lose, I just need one big bet to win it all back!) and it freaked me out. I cashed out and now whenever I want that rush, I just watch Uncut Gems. Reveal hidden contents BET BIG TO WIN BIG! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finaljedi Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 19 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: If it were limited to the gambling degenerates, it would be one thing, but it's probably not coincidental that gambling has proliferated/permeated everywhere at the same time that economic/social conditions have deteriorated for large swathes of society. The poor are a lot more susceptible to pull of gambling, and not even just America. I work with offshore people in India and the Philippines, those people love to gamble all the time, they love talking about it. 1 hour ago, TheLeon said: When the sports betting apps came to Ohio, I signed up for a couple, put my $10 in. Bet on random crap, not even fully understanding my bets sometimes. Between the money I put in and the bonus bets they gave me, I was quickly up a good $250. I started to feel that it would really easily get its hooks into me (I’m already up by so much, this is so easy! I’ll never lose! And if I do lose, I just need one big bet to win it all back!) and it freaked me out. I cashed out and now whenever I want that rush, I just watch Uncut Gems. Reveal hidden contents Fuck Ohio and that legalization of sports betting. The ads were nonstop everywhere, you couldn't go anywhere without seeing shit for Draft Kings, BetMGM, Hard Rock Sportsbook, etc just on and on. Every billboard between Mason and Cincinnati on I-71 and I-75 was pushing some betting app or another. I started to miss the Blake Maislin billboards, they came back though, so the world still spins thankfully Btw, I worked in an office that overlooked the Norwood lateral, I worked in an office that had a view of that billboard until COVID sent me home and I never had to go to the office again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazyPiranha Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, finaljedi said: The poor are a lot more susceptible to pull of gambling, and not even just America. I work with offshore people in India and the Philippines, those people love to gamble all the time, they love talking about it. I don’t know, I have dealt with all types over the years and they ALL love gambling. Hell, I enjoy the occasional table game from time to time, but I like a casino experience because it’s this kind of otherworldly thing. It’s like Disney World in a lot of ways, everything is artifice. There isn’t a single jagged corner that isn’t smoothed down and polished to prevent any barriers between you and spending your money. I also feel like a casino keeps me honest because I see my physical money come and go, it’s not just numbers on a screen and a refresh button on my balance. I think it isn’t that poor people are dumber about gambling, I think it’s that they just have that much less to lose and losing actually hurts. One of my law school professors used to help run a casino and they would get people like sheikhs fly in from over seas, lose a hundred thousand dollars in a night and just roll with it. Yes, they can obviously cover the tab, but at the same time the winning is nothing to them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 It's not that the economically/socially disadvantaged are "dumber" about gambling in the least. It's that the predatory aspects of the gambling industry are much more effectively targeted at the those groups as it preys upon their desperation and need for escapism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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