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    Warum Kanada die Geißel der Sportwetten bekämpfen muss


    Warum Kanada die Geißel der Sportwetten bekämpfen muss

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-needs-tackle-scourge-sports-betting/

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    2. Leather-Paramedic-10 on

      Thinking of sports betting always reminds me of my experience betting CSGO skins on professional matches back when that was easy or allowed. I seemed to be getting ahead, until I wasn’t. I came out ahead overall, but it consumed my time and became addictive. And there were instances of the professionals caught throwing matches or cheating, which made the matches less predictable or unfair.

      It sounds like similar is true in other professional or ‚offline‘ sports. I think to Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson and how much money they or people they know may have won by participating in a seemingly staged or corrupted match and how many people may have lost their money unfairly.

      I think betting on sports inevitably invites corruption, which is obviously problematic, let alone the harms done to people through their addictions to it.

    4. chewwydraper on

      I don’t think betting should be banned, but the advertising should be extremely limited. Not to mention the sponsoring makes sports feel way less legit.

    6. TonyAbbottsNipples on

      Governments will step in if they feel like they’re not getting a big enough piece of the pie. They need their cut.

    7. AshleyAshes1984 on

      Earlier last year I was on a GO train to Union to catch a Via train. Snowy, weekend, not a busy train. There were three ‚bros‘, looked like young college age or so, in Jay’s jerseys and going to a Jays game like lots of other people. They were rather loudly talking about their bets and parlays or whatever, making new ones and discussing their plans. Several hundred dollars each going in.

      Anyway, eventually the Trio realized they’d not figured out how to get ***tickets.***

      It was, erm, an experience.

    8. BiBoFieTo on

      A lesser known fact is that sports betting apps will limit your maximum bets, or ban you outright if you win long term. Conversely, people that suck at sports betting and lose big will see their betting limits increase.

    9. tedsmitts on

      When I lived in Halifax, there was a placed called Reflections Cabaret. It wasn’t quite a gay bar and branded itself as an “alternative bar.” Whatever. The point is, as a Cabaret, it was allowed to serve alcohol until about 3 am.

      It had a little room, maybe 10’ by 5’, set off to the side at the front of the bar. Full of video lottery terminals.

      I never set foot in that bar at any time of day, up to and including the 3 am close, when that room wasn’t full of the most ashen looking humans pressing buttons in a thick haze of duMaurier smoke.

      Never really understood just how addictive gambling was until then.

    10. Saisinko on

      Gambling addicts in my family, albeit casino.

      Concern should apply to all age groups and all natures of gambling. While youth have impressionable minds, it’s understated that elderly often have cognitive decline.

      My short term suggestion is tax winnings over a certain threshold. Re-direct some of that towards prevention and treatment, the rest to just build a school or add more hospital beds, whatever.

      Long term is a bit more tricky as while the logical answer no advertising on … TV or x y z, the impression I’m getting is basic ad revenue is declining and it’s gambling advertisements that are not only filling the hole, but also paying the most. So some businesses won’t be able to function or the Americans will have an advantage if they keep things as-is while Canadians have restrictions.

    12. AlashMarch on

      Ban it, plus other „investment markets“ that are gambling. A cancer that eats away at the health of both individuals and society 

    13. CommanderGumball on

      Coworker of mine was spouting off a out how many parleys he does and that he spends $6,000 a year on sports betting.

      Dude, you could be *wealthy as fuck* if you did pretty much anything else with that money.

    14. vyrago on

      ban all fantasy drafts, leagues, pools etc. I’m tired of hearing about them at work.

    15. c0mputer99 on

      „the more you play the more you win“ should not be an approved slogan.

      I feel like an inappropriate amount of OAS cheques go into this stuff.

    16. vafrow on

      Its pretty much out of government hands now. Its too big and intertwined. The revenues from sports gambling are now propping up elevated franchise values and no one involved wants to go backwards on that front.

      The challenge for sports leagues is to maintain confidence in the integrity of the actual games. Gambling scandals have existed for as long as pro sports have been around. But the scandals are becoming more frequent and harder to ignore.

    17. Thick_Caterpillar379 on

      I’ve lived through what many call the „silent addiction.“ Unlike other struggles, there were no physical marks or slurred speech to warn the people I love; I just suffered in total isolation while my life quietly began to unravel. That privacy is a terrifying thing, it creates a vacuum where financial ruin can strike in an instant. Before I knew it, the security of my home and my savings were gone, leaving my family to carry the weight of a crisis they never even saw coming.

      The desperation that follows is more than just a financial burden; it’s a crushing psychological weight. I reached a point where the shame and debt felt so insurmountable that I found myself on the brink of suicide. It felt like the system was built to keep me there. While I was drowning, it felt like the government was quietly profiting from my misfortune through taxes and licensing, choosing to sustain a destructive industry rather than protect its people. I personally feel this is a huge conflict of interest. It hurts deeply to see my province deflect accountability, framing a predatory, highly addictive structure (by design) as nothing more than a lack of „personal responsibility.“

      Having sports betting and casinos accessible in my pocket at every hour made it nearly impossible to keep a healthy distance. Without the natural „pause“ of a physical building, I fell into a high-speed cycle designed to be habit-forming. Online apps don’t care about your mental or physical state. In a physical casino, security might step in if you’re clearly unwell or inebriated, but online? They take advantage of you at your lowest. I know what it’s like to be desperate, not making rational decisions, and betting everything away in minutes with absolutely no one to stop the cycle.

      I personally got sucked into this loop and **lost nearly $100K in just a few months**. It nearly cost me my life. Today, I am here because I had a full-on breakdown and had to reach out for help, which wasn’t easy on many levels. I worked with financial counselling, weekly therapy, and a supportive community I’ve found in Gamblers Anonymous. I am finding my footing again. Managing depression and anxiety with medication is part of my daily reality now, and I’ve learned that recovery isn’t a destination; it’s a difficult, ongoing process.

      I want anyone else in this dark place to know that you aren’t alone, and the way these systems are designed is not your fault. Recovery is a process.

      * r/GamblingRecovery

      * r/GamblingAddiction

      * r/GamblersAnonymous

      * https://gamban.com

    18. L3NTON on

      Gambling apps in general. I know so many young guys now who are just constantly losing paychecks to gambling apps.
      Its getting really bad, people gambling on their phone all day with highly gameified gambling rules to sucker people into losing even more.

    19. swoodshadow on

      I got downvoted for saying that Governments should NOT be running lotteries and casinos. Their role should be to regulate these things and restrict their worst aspects.

      But once they own them they maximize their explicit financial gains and forget about all the implicit societal costs they generate.

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