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SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

There’s a sizable minority of male zoomers into gambling in some countries, tightly related to the proliferation of small casinos in working-class neighbourhoods through a historical period where typical socialization spaces have been getting dismantled. I met a guy whose friend group’s main activity for socialization was going to gambling and his life was pretty much a mess, roughly around the same as the guy from the green text.

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Socsa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This started with grey-market online poker in the early 2000s. In by big lecture classes, there would always be a dozen or so people just playing online poker, and I knew lots of people who got so sucked into it they dropped out of school

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Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I guess this could be possible, but I’m just thinking how weird it be to host such event and be the house in blackjack because the house always has the advantage. It’s not really a group game like regular five card poker or hold’em would be

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- decisivelyhoodnoises@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Lol You’re overthinking it. People organizing such nights among friends are not officially hosting the event and are not always play as the house. The person who plays as the house is rotating
  
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  - Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’ve never just had that played in such nights because of the house issue.
    
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    Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    The house edge for standard blackjack is 61 cents for every $100 bet.
    
    If the house provides snacks then they lose out.
    
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KeenFlame@feddit.nu ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Who gambles a house favoured game with pals

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