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18 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

Don't let that website's sponsorship by BetFred Sportsbook possibly point to a clouded assesment on their part.

I mean, hey, four out of five doctors who smoke recommend the cool flavor of Camel cigarettes, right?

I get it, it’s the Bible Belt region and this kind of talk is blasphemous….

 

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56 minutes ago, Khyber53 said:

A dislike of gambling doesn't have to do with religion. Gambling is a parasite.

But thanks for the blessings.

 

 

I was gonna say, I've seen some of your opinions on a particular subforum on this here site.  You are no Bible thumper.

There's a reason why there are gambling addiction help lines at the bottom of commercials for the lottery, etc.  It can and does ruin peoples' lives.  I play daily fantasy every now and then but a big weekend for me is putting up like $25 on entries.

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21 hours ago, The NFL Shield At Midfield said:

I was gonna say, I've seen some of your opinions on a particular subforum on this here site.  You are no Bible thumper.

There's a reason why there are gambling addiction help lines at the bottom of commercials for the lottery, etc.  It can and does ruin peoples' lives.  I play daily fantasy every now and then but a big weekend for me is putting up like $25 on entries.

I am a Christian, that I will not deny. However, my hatred of organized gambling doesn't come from that at all (not sure if it is even mentioned in the Bible, maybe in Proverbs, maybe not)... It comes from the fact that gambling prays on the unsophisticated, the uneducated and the desperate and really doesn't care the harm it does. Those big shiny casinos aren't built on the backs of the winners, but on the backs of the suckers, rubes and misfortunate.

Wanna bet $100 bucks with your buddy on the outcome of a game, or whether you'll be closest to the pin? Sure, go ahead, I've been there and done that. Want to sit down with some friends and buy $200 worth of chips and spend an evening playing poker? Heck, I made a fair amount of my college spending money that way. No biggie. 

Put a corporation with actuaries running the odds, setting the vigorish, advertising like mad and injecting all sorts of money into the league and its coverage and you end up in a situation rife with potential manipulation and predation. 

And let's not even touch on the lives ruined by people who get stuck chasing a win.

 

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