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		mjhay on April 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Washington's Lottery forced to pull site after cre... There's always been gambling, but there's a lot more of it now. Gross revenue has more than doubled since 2020. I think it's safe to say gambling's new-found ubiquity is a big part. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332999/gross-gaming-rev...

iamthirsty on April 4, 2024 [–]

Again, this is referring to legal gambling, whilst I was referring to illegal sports betting, which we would have basically no good accurate way to devise the total number pre- or post- legalization.

whiterknight on April 5, 2024 | [–]

For your argument to be true mass marketing must have zero effect on participation.

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