Meanwhile, small poker groups and gambling dens patronized by consenting adults routinely get busted.

If gambling stops, the economy collapses.

Preachers are often hypocrites.

You know what earns a lot of money rather effortlessly? Harvesting organs. I mean its just a cash flow, anyway for sure from sinners. Look at Chinese, always ahead of the curve.

Bonus points for saving lives of some wealthy folks. Everybody (who matters) wins.

I have some other ideas, all one needs is to flush morals down the drain for good. Clearly some folks are there already, we need to quickly jump on that rat race or FOMO would catch up and thats a big NONO.

They actively encourage addicts to "self-exclude" themselves from winnings, meaning if they go to a casino and win, the casino will bar them from collecting those winnings.. but they don't appear to stop that same person from placing bets in the first place.

https://massgaming.com/about/voluntary-self-exclusion/

you can speak for me in this case because this is predatory as fuck. And instead of protecting the vulnerable they profiteer of of it.