I saw this shit crush people back when it was a legal grey area operated out of random sites in Bermuda and shit. The fact that it's every other commercial during sporting events, and you can just scan a credit card to start an account, is a ticking time bomb in our society.
It's no different than when provincial gov'ts found lotteries and casinos were thee cash cow they needed to fund their tax coffers instead of taxing the rich ... which is what should have been done.
Privatize and tax the fuck of ALL forms of gambling and get the gov't out of it.
Ford: Yes, but what about all these bribes?
Man I remember when the web was new online gambling was banned. When the fuck did we get paid off? We know this shit is bad.
Ford.
Yeah, this is exclusively an Ontario problems, for now.
Maybe the maroons in the ontario grubberment shouldnt have legalized it, the gimps
or maybe make life here more affordable and less miserable so people don't seek out literally anything that will make them temporarily feel better or a risky bet on an easy way out
I half agree with this comment, but greed also plays into this. people think they will be the next millionaire for social media to worship. I actually prefer to live a very low income life because I don't care nor ever want to be rich.
some people just want a quick way to get out of debt. my family has several problem gamblers and apart from the one that's straight up addicted to gambling itself, they all just want an easy way to not have to work as hard. I don't really care to be rich either, apart from how you basically have to eat shit right out of your employer's ass every day if you aren't.
yes, this is one way people think they can get out of debt they really shouldn't of been (for the most part, I know there are edge cases) in the first place. I have debt from my own past mistakes and I know that I have to pay for them myself. buying lotto max tickets is not going to make my situation better.
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