Gambling segments and ads have become a constant on ESPN and other sports networks.
And its escalating pretty quickly over the past ~5 years.
I can't predict the future and I would certainly prefer stocks continue to recover but I think there's a huge group of people who seem to think we are going to immediately return "to the moon". I have my doubts.
it's because they found out that they can afford to wait, esp. if they didn't borrow on margin to do it. But this is actually, imho, the correct way to invest (provided that you don't all-in on one stock).
GP above has completely been missing 'opportunity' if they think we jumped exclusively from Vegas/travel destination to couch gambling
Not to imply that I'm okay with the trend, just - it's been here, and reads alarmist.
Just FYI a different state would have been more appropriate. Texas has sit-down slot machines in gas stations.
I wanted to celebrate a few years ago and asking around, everyone said reservations!
There are plenty of ways to criticize gambling as a non-productive activity, so there’s really no need to redefine game theory to do it.
It's terrible.