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Sports betting should have never been allowed in the first place.

Wtff?

I am seeing the ads for this company plastered everywhere in our transit stations. I was glad when i first saw the ads I had no idea what this company was about....

Just like any other business or corporation, they only care about profits. NOT YOU! Get rich quick, never happens, and never will. It's pretty simple.

Really great piece.

This obviously isn't the point but what are you doing with this sideways-ass graph lol

6/ The next day, an email popped in my inbox: 'Welcome to the DraftKings VIP Showcase.' I couldn’t believe it. My night of loss chasing was being rewarded. Reading the fine print, I was floored: The more I spent on long-odds wagers, the faster I’d advance through the ranks.

This right here fits the pattern of the “professional gambler” category - easier to make larger, more frequent, & riskier bets when the money isn’t your own, providing even more of that rewarding neurotransmitter flood. Once the sponsored money dries up, the person is already hooked & seeks more.

Good story. Also interesting to get a sort of day to day view of how things go for problem gamblers.

I knew a dealer for them. Crazy stuff.

The calls to the gambling helplines are people begging for money to cover their losses.