Adding my vote to cutting down on how intrusive this has very recently become. Worked for years with a guy who blew a lot of his paycheque on sports betting every weekend--he'd brag when he won, but you didn't hear about the majority of the time when he lost. You just noticed when he needed to borrow 20 bucks for lunch to pay back on payday, etc.--and he didn't used to be so broke until this.
It's revenue for governments, but when they end up having to pay it back in social services spending to provide for the families whose lives are destroyed by it, I'm not sure it's worth it from the financial side, and it certainly isn't from the ethical side either.
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