Did you bet on the madness of March?
I did. The Americans contribute billions of NCAA tournaments.
Also “Splent $ 60 billion in the casinos last year [and] Around $ 12 billion in online sports bets, “says economist Jason Sorens.
Sorens published a state classification by state or freedom of play throughout the United States.
Nevada lets the game flourish, while Utah, Hawaii and Georgia prohibit most.
Now some politicians because prohibit more.
The mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker, moved to prohibit arcade style game machines found in the service stations and convenience stores, saying lofilly: “It is not good to tempt our residents … to bet their dollars earned with hard.”
Some states prohibit poker games at home, occasionally even arrest the players.
The bureaucrats of the Basic Future Commission of President Joe Biden tried to prosak out the bets in the elections.
Now no sens. Dick Durbin (D-onl.) And Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) Because sports bets prohibited again.
Ok, it is true that the game can create problems. The National Council for Problem Game offers help here.
But the game is also a kick.
And in a free country, people should be allowed to take risks.
“This is a way of having fun,” says Sorens, “often in a social environment, doing it with friends, adding a bit of” singing “extra while they see a game.”
What bothers me is the raw hypocrisy of politicians.
The same thugs who want to prohibit the game do not propose to prohibit the sausage Same forms: its own state lotteries.
“It’s ridiculous,” says Sorens. “You have great politicians” about the damage of the game “, and at the same time, they announce a worse form of play!”
Worse, because among all forms of play, government lotteries pay the least.
Slotting machines are a silly bet, but on average, they still return about 90% of what is committed. Sports traigators and poker players keep more.
But state lotteries almost take half Or everything bet!
Worse, they take it from poor people. Lottery ticket buyers are disproportionately poor.
Even so, politicians approve of their lottery scams because they want money. Taxing people is unpopular. I withdraw for poor people offering bad probabilities at game games usually flies under the radar.
The hunger for money from politicians is also why they prohibit private gambling businesses to compete with them.
Private lotteries were once large. The numbers took bets by phone.
In addition, betting runners took bets in the horse races, providing “off -track bets” for people who do not have time or money to get to the track.
Of course, that reduced the cutting of the government, so politicians prohibited what they called the “numbers” and bets outside the track.
Then they created their own bets away from home.
But the government is so incompetent, so inefficient, that its betting rooms away from home fever Money!
“The government is always inefficient,” says Sorens. “The unions obtain their cut … the wages are high, the immense benefits. It is another reason we should go because the government executes game operations. They do it at a high cost.”
Politicians are pompous hypocrites, calling the evil game, prohibiting it when they can, and then saying: “Hey, come to play our game!”
They do not mention that “their” games sacrifice worse probabilities.
This week, the price of a Mega Millions lottery ticket doubled.
Years ago, the number of white balls in the Powerball Lottery increased furtively, reducing their chances of winning 1 in 292 million.
“In the private sector, we are used to improving products,” says Sorens. “Only the government that executes a lottery would get worse.”
I tried to confront the association that represents state lotteries about their scams, but they would agree with an interview.
Instead, they sent a statement that says: “A state lottery system sacrifices several key advantages. Strict supervision, which helps guarantee a clean play, responsible games and total transarence.”
Bunk.
Government workers are as crooked as private tractors. In Texas, Lottery officials helped certain companies win a major award of $ 95 million.
Politicians prohibit bets and pompously claim that they know better how we should spend our money. They destroy slot machines and trial numbers and betting corridors.
Then they execute their own betting scams, which sacrifice the very worse probabilities.
Politicians are disgusting.
John Stassel is the author of “Give Me A Break: how I exposed Hucksters, traps and scammers and became the scourge of the liberal media.”
