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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP. (www.propublica.org)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1426848/i-deliberately-bet-like-a-problem-gambler-draftkings-made-me-a-vip

  • Recklessness Rewarded: I blew $1,800 in one night by chasing my losses with bigger bets, a classic sign of problem gambling. The next day, DraftKings invited me to audition for its VIP program.
  • Casino Craze: Sportsbooks want to expand into online casinos, where you can lose a lot fast. I played 500 rounds of blackjack in a weekend — about half of my total bets over 10 weeks.
  • Profit Over Protection: The responsible gaming prompts telling me to pump the brakes were no match for the product design and promotions pushing me to do more gambling.
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DraftKings is still legal in Ontario. They should ban ASAP (www.propublica.org)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/boycottus@lemmy.ca
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This is a great article on how DraftKings (an American online betting company) enables/weaponizes addiction against its users. Thankfully, DK is banned in most of Canada... but not in Ontario. Would love to see Ontario follow the rest of the nation and shut this down ASAP.

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I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP. (www.propublica.org)
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  • Recklessness Rewarded: I blew $1,800 in one night by chasing my losses with bigger bets, a classic sign of problem gambling. The next day, DraftKings invited me to audition for its VIP program.
  • Casino Craze: Sportsbooks want to expand into online casinos, where you can lose a lot fast. I played 500 rounds of blackjack in a weekend — about half of my total bets over 10 weeks.
  • Profit Over Protection: The responsible gaming prompts telling me to pump the brakes were no match for the product design and promotions pushing me to do more gambling.