Arrr, matey! Let’s shiver me timbers and toss sports betting overboard—‘tis a treacherous sea of ill-fated doubloons!
2024-09-25
Arrr, mateys! A wise seadog be claimin’ them states that let ye wager on sportin’ should hoist the anchor and ban it again! Since 2012, the scallywags be bettin’ a cool billion a month, but all it brought be shipwrecked wallets and stormy homes! Aye, not a treasure in taxes, either!
Avast ye landlubbers! Gather ‘round, for I’ve a tale to spin ‘bout the wicked ways of sports betting in the fair land of the USA! A wise sea dog, Charles Fain Lehman, be claimin’ that those states who once lifted the ban on wagerin’ ought to hoist the Jolly Roger and put it back down! Aye, back in 2012, a ruckus was made, and before ye knew it, folks were tossin’ their doubloons at the odds like drunken sailors on shore leave.Fast forward to 2023, and the scallywags be plundering over a billion pieces of eight each month! But lo and behold, this be bringin’ more than just riches! Lehman’s research be showin’ that the lifting o’ the ban led to a right mess of bankruptcies, a drainin’ of household coffers, and even a rise in domestic squabbles, especially in the poorer ports o’ call. And as for the tax booty? Aye, it be paltry, not the treasure chest they’d hoped for!
So, me hearties, perhaps it be time to shiver yer timbers and rethink this cursed gamble before it sinks the ships of good folk, leavin’ naught but misery in its wake!