Comment by o. jane on The Online Sports Gambling Experiment Has Failed · 2025-01-04T05:29:18.703Z · LW · GW

Thanks for writing this. It changed my mind about sports betting. 

A tangential, very brainstormy, thought: it's really addiction that's the problem. I wonder if we could actually address this as a society more directly and make addiction illegal. Or else behaviors that encourage addiction illegal. 

For example, selling a gallon of vodka to someone would be fine, but selling a gallon of vodka to someone every day who is clearly deteriorating over time shouldn't be allowed.