gambling

last updated 8 minutes ago i was once on a date with someone who asked if i gambled. i said not really. i play £10 on the national lottery buying scratch cards some months, (i think at the time of the date i'd been off this habit for half a year), would like maybe once or twice a year do a normal lottery draw, or omaze (with their stupid sexy advertising!) and would enter raffles and things if i got the chance? to which they replied "OH, so you DO gamble!" so fine, i'm a gambler. obviously this prelude is to draw you in, and make you feel safe, seen, and in good gambling company before i abruptly turn my attention to "prediction markets" aka crypto gambling. may it never cross my mind to grumble about the ways a normal person (aka not a billionaire to millionaire) chooses to spend their money. i may think that seeing a "prediction market" as a poorly disguised gambling product packaged up to make you believe you are making a smart investment decision about a market is probably not a…

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