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“When the fun stops, stop.” Addiction experts consider the rise of gambling in the U.K. a test case (www.nepm.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (3 children)

Betting companies be pretty much as manipulative as possible and not caring about the harm being caused when individuals fall prey to them seems to be the order of the day. Encourage people to build neural pathways that are severely financially detrimental to them and then sit back while the cash rolls in.

Mmm, sounds great and should absolutely be legal. Boak.

[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don’t understand why sportsbetting is getting promoted almost everywhere these days, even during youth games you often see ads for sports betting in the stadiums.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They have a lot of money to pay for ads and most platforms showing them have no morals. Money doesn't smell and all that.

[–] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 3 points 1 month ago

That depends where you keep it surely