I’m not pro-gambling but I think Vegas vacations are valid - they’re special occasions where you get a thrill for your money. What’s the difference between a $2000 cruise and a $2000 weekend in Vegas? Both are a waste to me but I see the appeal.
But this is different…it’s very much NOT about Vegas (which is struggling), it’s the apps. “Sports betting” aka gambling was legalized in 2018.
DraftKings and the rest have been fighting regulations since like…2012? And they won. Which is why there’s gambling ads everywhere with very little regulation. It’s why polymarket and kalshi exist.
Regulate these internet gambling companies back to the 2000s and the problem mostly goes away.
While I wholeheartedly agree with your statement about the app/site/sports betting, I don’t wholly agree with the travelling comparison.
Travelling and visiting places tend to open your horizons and enrich you culturally. It’s not easily generalized. Travelling to Disneyland probably won’t really broaden your horizons or teach you something culturally and neither will idly sitting on a cruise ship.
You are correct that the article is more about sports betting rather than casinos like in vegas. I merely meant that given what I experienced there, I’m not surprised the gambling in apps and sports is getting out of control. That’s on me though :)
Maybe I am against things like the Vegas vacations because I have such a large distaste for gambling in general. ( Loot box ‘surprise’ mechanics also do not help ).
I used cruises as an example because I don’t really consider that “traveling” for the most part. You’re on a floating box shuffling between touristy ports.
Very much not my idea of a good trip but some people LOVE that. I’d rather spend a week somewhere to soak it all in
Not entirely surprised, but surprised it is that high.
When I went there 10 years ago I met people in Vegas who go there every year as their main holiday with a few thousand euro budget to gamble.
I’m not pro-gambling but I think Vegas vacations are valid - they’re special occasions where you get a thrill for your money. What’s the difference between a $2000 cruise and a $2000 weekend in Vegas? Both are a waste to me but I see the appeal.
But this is different…it’s very much NOT about Vegas (which is struggling), it’s the apps. “Sports betting” aka gambling was legalized in 2018.
DraftKings and the rest have been fighting regulations since like…2012? And they won. Which is why there’s gambling ads everywhere with very little regulation. It’s why polymarket and kalshi exist.
Regulate these internet gambling companies back to the 2000s and the problem mostly goes away.
While I wholeheartedly agree with your statement about the app/site/sports betting, I don’t wholly agree with the travelling comparison.
Travelling and visiting places tend to open your horizons and enrich you culturally. It’s not easily generalized. Travelling to Disneyland probably won’t really broaden your horizons or teach you something culturally and neither will idly sitting on a cruise ship.
You are correct that the article is more about sports betting rather than casinos like in vegas. I merely meant that given what I experienced there, I’m not surprised the gambling in apps and sports is getting out of control. That’s on me though :)
Maybe I am against things like the Vegas vacations because I have such a large distaste for gambling in general. ( Loot box ‘surprise’ mechanics also do not help ).
I used cruises as an example because I don’t really consider that “traveling” for the most part. You’re on a floating box shuffling between touristy ports.
Very much not my idea of a good trip but some people LOVE that. I’d rather spend a week somewhere to soak it all in