Yeah if anything gambling is the hot new addiction for young people. Gen Z drinks less, does less drugs, and even fucks less, but they gamble more. As a millennial I remember when gambling was mostly old people at casinos, but that’s not the face of modern gambling. These days it’s online casinos and sports betting apps. It’s increasingly stuff like polymarket.
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whoisearth@lemmy.ca 19 hours agoI was going to ignore this but God I really hate the ignorance in this statement. I’m genx. Gambling affects everyone. There are plenty of kids and teenagers and christ that’s who’s being targeted.
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UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 19 hours ago
Yeah boomer hate is in vogue, we would have thought only boomers with get distracted from class wars by gen wars.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
I think it’s because it’s much more visible in boomers as they’re more likely to be gambling in casinos whereas I’d bet (ha) the majority of betting is online these days.
Go into any casino and see what the age distribution is, in my experience the majority are boomers.
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
Exactly, they’re trying to get the new generations as interested as the ones on the way out. It’s addictive and now there’s algorithms to make you ‘win’ just enough to stay hooked. That combined with being able to gamble on more than stocks, there’s bound to be a huge shift either direction.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Yeah - the old, retired people wasting money on slots is definitely a thing, but another side of the market are people who are desperate and don’t see any way of elevating themselves out of poverty except to win big.
And gambling companies are 100% willing to take advantage of those people and take whatever they have.