It’s crazy how normalized gambling became the last 10 or so years.
It used to be really hard to gamble legally. Now it’s hard to find someone not pushing “legal gambling” everywhere. Meanwhile, we still can’t smoke weed in some parts of the world? What?
Back when we wore onions on our belts sports betting was related to the mafia. Bookies were low level operators, and people who owed money got their legs broken.
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It’s crazy how normalized gambling became the last 10 or so years.
It used to be really hard to gamble legally. Now it’s hard to find someone not pushing “legal gambling” everywhere. Meanwhile, we still can’t smoke weed in some parts of the world? What?
It got intentionally normalized by the Grand Old Party of Christian Family Values because it is very profitable.
Back when we wore onions on our belts sports betting was related to the mafia. Bookies were low level operators, and people who owed money got their legs broken.
Some things never change.
Yeah I thought the onion belts would go out of style by now but here we are today and I’m still as stylish as ever
Gambling will save the economy after the AI bubble bursts! /s
And that’s one of several reasons Las Vegas is dying.