The idea is that if the government gets all the profit from gambling then that money can go into social services to support the people who bankrupt themselves from gambling.
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Neato@ttrpg.network 9 months agoIf it were just public then it’d be the government exploiting people’s addiction. Honestly I see no way out of this besides regulating it out of profitability.
Maybe casinos have to have a net odds at like 50:50.1 and then charge for entry. Big wins would probably not happen so it might not work. But I’ve never met anyone who gambled regularly and it wasn’t a problem.
cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 9 months ago
naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
So it’s a bit cooked but basically humans do stuff that’s harmful, governments supplying it at least removes profit incentives.
You can’t ban gambling out of existence but a government body can be set up in such a way that odds are fairer, only less addicting games are offered (e.g. no pokies because flashing lights and sounds are satanic), the rooms have natural light and clocks etc. Any money made goes into gambling assistance programs or community improvement or whatever.
Would people still get hurt? yes. Would there be corruption? yes. But there’s no way it can be worse than private operations which still have all the same problems with less transparency and being harder to regulate, plus the profit incentive.
Neato@ttrpg.network 9 months ago
Yeah. That sounds like a better plan.
cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone 9 months ago
In the US most of the lotteries are run by the government (typically state governments). If they can do it we can too.