Lots of places either don’t have legal sports betting, or have regulations around what you can and can’t legally bet on.
For the Americans here, some of the biggest states don’t allow sports betting. California, Texas, etc.
20 years ago, sports betting was illegal in most of the US. Now only 11 states remain. The sport book and “prediction market” companies have been lobbying HARD to legalize sports betting across the country.
The reason gambling is illegal is because it’s predatory. They’re trying to convince people that they can beat the odds and become rich.
While he needs to get help, and take some responsibility for losing that money, he also deserves every penny returned to him.
You can’t make something legal just by calling it something different.
Where is gambling illegal? Indonesia?
“They’re trying to convince people that they can beat the odds”
Where is anyone doing that?
“and become rich.”
So do universities and stock brokers.
Lots of places either don’t have legal sports betting, or have regulations around what you can and can’t legally bet on.
For the Americans here, some of the biggest states don’t allow sports betting. California, Texas, etc.
20 years ago, sports betting was illegal in most of the US. Now only 11 states remain. The sport book and “prediction market” companies have been lobbying HARD to legalize sports betting across the country.
Sports betting is illegal in Texas? That’s news to me, there’s billboards everywhere and constant radio ads for draft kings and chumba.
They didn’t say ads where illegal.
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sports-betting-isnt-legal-texas-110000327.html