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guappa
7 months ago
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How did sports betting become legal in the US?
I'd have just gone to a different bar.
potato3732842
7 months ago
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50% off for punching a lewd name, some bigco support phone number, a made up birthday and your spam catchall email into a web form seems like a pretty good deal.
squigz
7 months ago
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Sure, but then suddenly "50% of all men under 50 have a betting account", which they use to justify more ads, more lobbying, more gambling.
I'd rather not contribute to this as well.
Ylpertnodi
7 months ago
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As well as...what?
squigz
7 months ago
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As well as GP
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