Gambling and social mobility

did:plc:vtsvgyjeqcj2or7nxoowf3aq · 2026-02-14T14:01:54.846Z

I am so sick of seeing gambling everywhere. It's ruining everything.

Discussion about gambling’s effect on social mobility: posts state “Gambling company owners get rich enabling them to move up the hierarchy while gambling company customers get poorer,” claim gamblers are “disproportionately low income” and “96% of them lose money,” and note replies treating the author as if they promoted gambling.

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2/14/26, 06:41 PM
Every form of gambling more organized than ‘poker night with the boys’ is net negative
2/14/26, 06:37 PM
Betting markets should be banned Make gambling a thoroughly regulated state monopoly
I think we are going to be shocked how widespread problem gambling has become in a few more years. Lots of people who mi...
2/14/26, 04:34 PM
the numbers of young men using these apps is absolutely horrifying and yet no one in charge seems horrified (yet) Chris Christie’s lasting legacy!
Doing nothing at all provides zero social mobility.
2/14/26, 04:30 PM
Is increasing social mobility by widening the gap between rich and poor your intention?
You keeping saying it’s not a good way but it’s the best one. I’m giving you a better one: doing nothing at all.
2/14/26, 04:23 PM
Doing nothing at all provides zero social mobility.
Online gaming and the prediction craze are indeed a terrible scourge, but no- this is not like the opioid crisis. This i...
"Online gaming and the prediction craze are indeed a terrible scourge, but no- this is not like the opioid crisis. This is something that MEN are going to get caught up in on their own volition and it’s like 79th on my list of concerns right now."
2/14/26, 04:11 PM
Is the gambling in the Epstein files? IDGAF.
2/14/26, 03:57 PM
No, gamblers are disproportionately low income and 96% of them lose money. It effects downward social mobility. Horoscopes and doing absolutely nothing at all don’t effect social mobility at all so are better ways to effect social mobility than gambling
2/14/26, 03:48 PM
Great piece. Sport betting is toxic not just for sports but for society and comparing it to the opioid crisis is spot on. 🎯
2/14/26, 03:23 PM
i think you can over do it with gambling, it is all about the EGO (fancy latin for the english word “I”) www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvH3...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvH3...
2/14/26, 02:46 PM
You make a good point...saving individuals from their own addiction isn't easy, but profitable games that rely on more than ad revenue having legislation to govern them would be a good start.
2/14/26, 02:40 PM
Gambling company owners get rich enabling them to move up the hierarchy while gambling company customers get poorer forcing them down the hierarchy increasing overall social mobility
2/14/26, 02:33 PM
People are replying to this as if I stated that gambling is a good way to effect social mobility. That is not at all what I wrote.
2/14/26, 02:23 PM
I’m not going to let you all normalize gambling around me.
2/14/26, 02:01 PM
I am so sick of seeing gambling everywhere. It's ruining everything.

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Gambling and social mobility