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re: Americans are cannibalizing their retirement savings to gamble on sports

Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:39 pm to
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
29273 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:39 pm to
Maybe stories like this contributed to our ancestors making sports and other gambling illegal.

Why do you think this was illegal until a few years ago?
Posted by Ghost Hog
Earth
Member since May 2015
510 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:44 pm to
Posted by Champagne
Sabine Free State.
Member since Oct 2007
56512 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 9:54 pm to
I don't get it.

I get just as much fun and entertainment out of betting 5 bucks on a game as I do betting 100 bucks on a game.

I even enjoy betting one measly dollar on a game.

No need to bet much.
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
11896 posts
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:41 pm to
Isn’t Tim Chalomet doing ads for Kalshi now? The legitimizing of betting on everything is pretty out of hand.

Glad all this wasn’t around when I was in college.
Posted by Sho Nuff
Oahu
Member since Feb 2009
14215 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:24 am to
You know, morons.
Posted by litenin
Houston
Member since Mar 2016
2838 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 6:15 am to
I guess that I assumed something like this might be the case on a general scale. I have several friends that play regularly and feels like it could be gradually forming into an epidemic.
Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
27910 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 6:18 am to
Americans HAVE BEEN doing that shite a long time.
Posted by TygerLyfe
Member since May 2023
4438 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 6:21 am to
every hands a winner
And every hands a loser
The best that you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep
Posted by Barbellthor
Columbia
Member since Aug 2015
11808 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 1:25 pm to
Don't blame car companies for overpriced vehicles. Blame mentally fat people for paying for that shite.
Posted by Cycledude
Member since Jul 2018
2463 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 2:16 pm to
I tried playing in these contest picking against the spread (no money involved). It’s extremely difficult. The season’s winner usually averaged 11-9. No way I would bet big money weekly.
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
14592 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 2:33 pm to
It’s their money to do with as they please
Posted by diat150
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2005
48214 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 2:36 pm to
only 2-5% of sports bettors are profitable. alot of people are hooked on this and never win and just throw money away.

whats crazy also is once you start winning the sportsbooks block you or limit you.so you basically cant win.
This post was edited on 7/29/26 at 2:37 pm
Posted by mthorn2
Planet Louisiana
Member since Sep 2007
1632 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 2:45 pm to
Elon says money won't matter by 2036 anyway.
Posted by tigerfoot
Alexandria
Member since Sep 2006
61848 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 2:46 pm to
I quit sports gambling or any gambling really. I suck at it. But this new gambling craze will put many on the street
Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
21475 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 2:55 pm to
Never bet on sports, everyone knows the powerball is the best investment.
Posted by wesfau
Member since Mar 2023
2975 posts
Posted on 7/29/26 at 2:55 pm to
quote:

Americans HAVE BEEN doing that shite a long time.


Sure but it's never been this easy.

You either had to go out of state (generally speaking) or find a bookie.

Now it's relentlessly advertised directly to you and all the barriers have been removed.
Posted by Gorilla Ball
Az via La
Member since Feb 2006
13435 posts
Posted on 8/8/26 at 6:16 pm to
That’s your reasoning lol
But with those choices you are in control of the meal or restaurant or even streaming services
To each their own
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