Problem gambling...

[Grasshopperus]

Marketing always promotes the "fun" aspect and those who do win. There are TV shows about the winners and how winning changed their lives for the better - how they deserved it and are much happier!

For sure Edbear.

I remember when I went to SkyCity a year or so after it opened and was surprised to see what a cesspit of unhappiness it is. It was damn hard to find anyone wearing a smile on their face. Even people who were winning a bit were impassive.

[warewolf]

Bet the process isn't cheap either...

How much you wanna bet?

[Mudfart]

i watched louis theroux in vegas the other day, yep there weren't any winners.
except for the casinos, which were very large palacial grand monuments to morons.

[ynot slow]

Yep lets ban all things and live in a totally boring place.FFS people have a choice to smoke,drink,drugs,gamble,speed,never get a license,and they live by their decisions.

I was part of a soccer club and our fundraising consisted of grants from pokies and lotto for basic requirements,and we also bought 3 pokie machines many years ago and put in a local pub,they basically paid the mortgage for our building etc,so cheers guys.

The ban smoking issue is such,the outcry to get the ban into law was such that the pollies believed the non smoking brigade and the law was passed.But where are all the non smokers in pubs,bars etc since the law was passed,dunno but seems most bars have more people outside than inside.And no I don't smoke,but have lost part of my friggin lung to cancer-go figure.