• Assian_Candor [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 month ago

      I love that all of this started when a couple of techbros started illegal fantasy football betting apps, made a shitload of money by further impoverishing the impoverished, then used their ill gotten gains to buy off legislators. Now i am sure they are billionaires, instead of what they deserve which is execution

      Uber basically proved you could operate any app outside the law with impunity. Shit rules.

      • Wertheimer [any]@hexbear.net
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        1 month ago

        Yeah - the article says “for the dozen states, including Texas and California, where sports gambling is still illegal, the solution is simple: change nothing,” but because of these apps, it’s trivially easy for Californians to gamble on sports.