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1. NichoPaolucci · 1790700781 · focus · HN ↗

   “Gambling company leans into its target demographic”

   I worked with a state lottery that did similar things. Their target demographic was the “every day players” that would compulsively buy at the gas station.

   I quit that job because it seems to be morally wrong.

   Betting apps are just this taken to the extreme, I feel for people with this addiction but it’s not going away anytime soon.

   1. LogicFailsMe · 1790701125 · focus · HN ↗

      Ban state lotteries while we're banning DraftKings IMO. I find I cannot have a productive conversation with anyone who thinks the odds of winning the lottery are higher than winning in the stock market buying total market funds.

      Ah... Got it... The same galaxy brains that think p(foom) has a materially greater value than an epsilon minimally >0 to avoid divide by zero errors believe in lottery tickets. Got it. Explains a lot, thanks...

      1. evilkorn · 1790701623 · focus · HN ↗

         "poor tax" framed by the state to help fund things education.

         1. triceratops · 1790703758 · focus · HN ↗

            It would be fairer if the state returned the money to taxpayers and funded education out of the general fund.

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