I've always had a vaguely libertarian-ish, do-what-you-want-as-long-as-you-aren't-hurting-anyone-else approach to vice, but gambling is a poison and it's swallowing our society. We should go back to illegal numbers games and seedy backroom poker parlors. At least that way it was contained.
Catherina GioinoI wrote about how much Americans wagered on sports betting in 2025 and how it’s more than they spent on movies, art, museums and music combined. Read my article @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2026/07/26/g...