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Topic	Sports betting needs to stop.
ZaziGuado 06/21/23 7:18:56 AM #3:	Steiner posted... it's obviously a cultural thing where you're super averse to gambling in the US to where offering odds on the Special Olympics is seen as controversial... here I mean, I can gamble on what's going to happen on TV shows, I was stunned to learn you couldn't bet on special olympics. It's like saying... don't tell the athletes, but we don't really consider this competition. But I think if you already are strongly averse to gambling, this comes off worse. That's how I read it anyway An interesting perspective that I appreciate. It is definitely a relatively recent occurrence where sports betting had been so pervasive in American sports. --- snowpork azuarc is OP. <cite>ZaziGuado posted [p:974300298] in Sports bet... [t:80484255]...</cite> <quote>Steiner posted... </cite><quote>it's obviously a cultural thing where you're super averse to gambling in the US to where offering odds on the Special Olympics is seen as controversial... here I mean, I can gamble on what's going to happen on TV shows, I was stunned to learn you couldn't bet on special olympics. It's like saying... don't tell the athletes, but we don't really consider this competition. But I think if you already are strongly averse to gambling, this comes off worse. That's how I read it anyway</quote>An interesting perspective that I appreciate. It is definitely a relatively recent occurrence where sports betting had been so pervasive in American sports. --- snowporkazuarc is OP.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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