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Question inspired by the news that Dave and Busters is supposed to be adding gambling to their games. And of course there are the sports betting apps.

I get that all things being equal we should let people do what they want to do. But I don't see much of a benefit, and a lot of downside to allowing the spread of gambling.

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[โ€“] njm1314 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

In a democracy you shouldn't need a reason to legalize something. That's approaching it from the wrong direction.

[โ€“] LesserAbe 0 points 7 months ago

Most governments you're starting from an existing set of laws, not starting from scratch, so presumably someone at some point had a reason for putting a law into place. Not saying they're all good, plenty of shit laws.