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DraftKings is using AI to behaviorally target chronic gamblers

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tedivm · 1790700196 · focus · HN ↗
ProPublica had one of their reports work with gambling addition experts to see how DraftKings would respond to someone presenting signs of a gambling problem. It's a hell of a read, and makes it clear that this company is full of people with absolutely no ethics whatsoever.
<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/draftkings-sports-gambling-problem-vip-fanduel" rel="nofollow">https://www.propublica.org/article/draftkings-sports-gamblin...
1. danielmarkbruce · 1790705467 · focus · HN ↗
  Society (i.e us) is to blame. We made this stuff legal. There was no need whatsoever. We don't get to blame the people working at these companies.
  1. sheepcow · 1790786827 · focus · HN ↗
    I think the blame falls much more squarely on powerful individuals like Adam Silver[1] and the companies that lobbied for this[2] than on society as a whole.
    [1] <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/opinion/nba-commissioner-adam-silver-legalize-sports-betting.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/14/opinion/nba-commissioner-...
    [2] <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/sports-betting-lobbying-kansas.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/20/business/sports-betting-l...

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