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[–] stylusmobilus@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Exactly, their PR people ran the same line they run on poker machines. In fact a couple of them folded the two together with the rationale of ‘people going to the local pub to watch the races and have a bit of a punt’, you know the shit they trot out.

As I mentioned before the best one I heard was ‘they have to be weaned off’. This is companies like Sportsbet, as if they need legislative backing to profit.