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How DraftKings Uses A.I. to Target the Gamblers Likeliest to Lose (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I am sooo glad I got a bad taste for gambling when I was a kid.

I remember going on an Baltic cruise with my family and trying the gambling machines as a kid.

I had some coins, gambled, won, got happy, kept going, and lost everything, got sad.

It was a small amount of money, but at the time it was probably the best money I have spent in my life as it put me off gambling completely.

I also know from games like Borderlands 2 where I have gambled with the in-game currency, that while I have no issues just walking past a gambling machine or table, if I start, I have a hard time walking away.

[–] Pringles@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Having a strong distaste for losing money is why I don’t gamble. I dabbled in it, but holy hell, do I hate losing. The thrill of winning doesn’t even come close to the intensity of that hate, so it is easy for me not to. But I do feel for people who have a gambling addiction, it’s incredibly sad to see them throwing their inheritance or all the money they earned or anything they have away on a guaranteed loss.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

gambling has always been a cancer but this shit is somehow even worse still.

[–] theham@lemmy.wtf 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Gambling is for the low IQ’s. It always uplifts the worst among us and you get nothing for it. If nothing else is profitable then everything becomes gambling. Like cross your fingers and hope you are not eating a donkey burger with glass shards.

[–] LocalAreaMan@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

I've worked as a cashier and see the same people destroy their lives from simple Lotto. They don't even need trips to Vegas or online sites. Exploiting these people is bad enough, state governments shouldn't be the ones doing it.

[–] X@piefed.world 11 points 1 day ago

Paywall removed: https://unwall.app/www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/draftkings-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVE.pkMH.0yZV3NKZL-Sy