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To be fair, at some point I registered in one of those sites because a bar had 50% discount on the tab or something similar for first time account registration. I don't even live in the states, was just visiting.

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Yeah, I registered with every single one I could find when they all had $300 bonuses, just took the bonuses, made 99% sure bets on everything (bet $300, win $300.01) and cashed out about $3000 and never touched them again.

I'd have just gone to a different bar.

50% off for punching a lewd name, some bigco support phone number, a made up birthday and your spam catchall email into a web form seems like a pretty good deal.

Sure, but then suddenly "50% of all men under 50 have a betting account", which they use to justify more ads, more lobbying, more gambling.

I'd rather not contribute to this as well.

As well as...what?

As well as GP

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