RobotToaster@mander.xyz to UK Politics · 2 months agoOver half of Britons support increasing tax on online gamblingwww.thecanary.coexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkOver half of Britons support increasing tax on online gamblingwww.thecanary.coRobotToaster@mander.xyz to UK Politics · 2 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareHumanPenguinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThis. When only one side of the bet can lose. It is not gambling but rigged capitalism. When an industry manages to remove all the risk from investment. While offering little to the society they inhabit. High taxation to help return their cost to society. Seems a bare minimum charge.
minus-squareFlaxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoAt least with the likes of a lottery the odds are obvious and “only one person winning each month”, etc. A fruit machine programmed to only win once a month isn’t.
This. When only one side of the bet can lose. It is not gambling but rigged capitalism.
When an industry manages to remove all the risk from investment. While offering little to the society they inhabit.
High taxation to help return their cost to society. Seems a bare minimum charge.
At least with the likes of a lottery the odds are obvious and “only one person winning each month”, etc. A fruit machine programmed to only win once a month isn’t.