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1. zug_zug · 1790700477 · focus · HN ↗

   Somebody said (I think it was FrostPrime) roughly: Gambling is genuinely the scariest drug, I actually think it's worse than cocaine and it's just right there on your phone.

   I think that really framed the issue well to me. Imagine having an addiction problem and having to carry the problem substance around with you 24/7.

   1. abirch · 1790701857 · focus · HN ↗

      Imagine having a gambling addiction and trying to watch sports! I swear every third commercial is for gambling.

      1. sidrag22 · 1790704772 · focus · HN ↗

         I don't think there is nearly enough attention on the pipeline that has been created for children to grow into good little gamblers. All major sports games have absolute borderline gambling within their game in the form of those fantasy style Card games. Pair that with watching any live broadcast of a major sport and the gross ads for all these major sports better companies, with the ad reads during the game.

         Haven't followed all that closely for some other games, but it very much seems like the model for NBA2k is to release a new game with some minor patches each year, charge 70$, then spend the majority of that year crafting patches for the card game to keep whales interested in constantly spending on new packs(which are promptly devalued on the next release, and straight up killing the prior year's game's online service, makes them entirely worthless the next year).

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