Exposing the Gambling Epidemic
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A closer look at the rise of gambling and how it's infected every part of American culture.
The last remaining bastions of truth.
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As a 30 year career journalist I am in awe of your ethics that equip you to be able to knock back a $1million "bribe/gratuity" from a gambling industry entity so that you remain free to criticise this parasitic industry. Journalistic champion.
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These statistics don't mention that most gamblers quit just before winning big
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I should start gambling along with my alcohol addiction
3D Artist: Ed Leszczynski @LeszczynskiEd
Video Editor: Harry Bagg @HarryRBagg
thousands ive lost probably already and nothing nobody is gonna do about it unfortunately 😅😢
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God coffee I love you man. You’re the only one in this world of 1’s and 2’s who’s really got their head on right. Keep moving forward and I’ll always be here to support you brother
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joe rogan is the biggest fraud lately. he lost it all.
Red Herring - loopgarden
Sungazing - loopgarden
Can you do a video on all these new “prop firm” trading services that provide capital to traders
What She Feels Like - loopgarden
PalmersMedic
Why did you have to do Kevin like that bro.
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Sports betting is becoming like cigarettes where the industry is so massive that we can’t ban it even though it’s insanely harmful
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I mean tbh u offer me $100m im doing a lot of crazy shit
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I was betting on getting a gambling ad while watching this video.
More User Perspectives
My computer science teacher encouraged us to bet on sports teams during March madness this year
@not.emvm418:40 facts
@mahimaparmar304I recently saw an honest betting app advertisement during ufc event. Don’t remember what app it was but it ends with 365. It was something like “did you win?” “ let’s just say the next round of omelette are in me” and everyone cheered 😂😂😂😂
@viixxi1983The ads just keep coming. They actually encourage people now to make certain bets. I do a bit of sports gambling on MMA and have done pretty well. That said it is difficult to find bets that are good and one has to be careful not to get too eager. In total I may place 5 in a year and I have not put money in my gambling acct since opening it. I saw what happened to a guy I grew up with. He was grandson of a multimillionaire developer and he gambled all of it away.
@exponentmantissa559811:33 Why the heck is that thing is the background?
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Let's be fair, didn't it increase employment in America? Idk, but through msm and gaming sites, we now have pro gamblers, high tier/premier bettors, behavioural analysts, betting analysts who either use their blabber mouths or Paint. Fact is, WOW, u guys unleashed a whole new market 👏
@ALean7699Wow, Kevin Hart is such a freaking hypocrite.
@waterwomaninFLI was listening to this video in the background while playing a cheap slot on one of our local betting platforms in South Africa and I won the Super Grand Prize, which admitted isn't much, but a nice chunk of change, I was down to last few spins too.
Just struck by the irony of it all.
YOU NEED TO EXPOSE THE GOV 🗑️
@discooneloveFools and their money........
@briancavanaugh7604these kinds of illegal things becoming legal happens only in one country
@San-pv🧃🧃🧃🧃 Always them starting this shit
@azfarahmed5070I made Hella robux with one of those sites it was cheaper than real money and still dont know what to do with the robux. still roughly 30 dollar profit from robux to dollar conversion at the time
@gooseegggMy opinion is that as long as you're not losing tons of money, it's fine, but I know a lot of people who have issues with stake because it's so hard to actually quit. It's really hard to get yourself blocked
@DTX_G0DYou can’t regulate human behavior but you can regulate companies. They shouldn’t be able to spend as much as they do on advertising.
@gabrielmoreno3589Funny how the character of Maxwell would usually be on the other side of this issue as comedic relief, but the issue is serious that Coffee chose not to do that.
@SandyRiverBlueThat Drake loss of $8,000,000, is him losing about 1 out of every 7 dollars that they paid him.
@SandyRiverBluegambling is not a substance addiction bro
@jongoodman653714:34 😂😂😂
@proud.father6612I would say cs skins are more along the lines of what’s been going on with trading cards like Pokémon, but if there was actual money it
@TurboAnalisisBut try to shirt onions
@chaughtenThanks, this has motivated me to get a DraftKings account
@ReconMan0222I have literally lost friends because all they can talk about is whatever bets they have placed at the time.
It’s the same people who told me their NFT and Trump coin was going to make them rich
26:10 at least the guy is honest
@Bored-RantsWe went to a local pub and were seated by 2 separate groups of college students. ALL, including the girls, were on their phones and were going back and forth about they're wins/losses, how much time they spend on it, problems with family, no time to date and even discussing how their grades are dropping from gambling in class. What a way to start adulthood...in debt, with addictions, no family or social connection and failing school.🤔
@VoodooraiBetting is the new cigarettes
@proxmdrYou forgot to mention prosperity gospel Christianity.
@jannetteberends8730I start gambling at 15 yo now im 23 yo and i cant get over this addiction i loose thousands every month and it absolutly ruinning my life.
Dont gamble folks 🙏
You're not wasting your time, Coffee. I quit gambling also thanks to you.
@orelvhorach299Im this close to throwing my phone if i see another gambling ad in a regular video
@mibrahiim"Untapped market" of underage-targeted gambling is WKUK's Kid Beer skit unironically coming to life
@VictorSnakevenom1Anyone saying they wouldn’t take 100m to promote a gambling site is full of shit
@fittygohard4063Someone in debts can be controlled.
@yt1ei2oo9ba8I don't bet and never have done ever and I have zero interest in starting either, but YouTube heavily heavily promote betting apps and games as well I'm absolutely sick of the adverts because nearly every set of adverts has either a betting app or game advertised.
@Jab7581Here's to hoping all the rich gamblers going bankrupt because they were lucky before with their gamble, it takes just one or two big gambling transact to wipe them out. Unlike a financial guru risk averse like myself. To get to my level it takes a decade of education and couple decades of hands on self improvement learning equipped with DISCIPLINED flawless character and integrity. Talent is very hard to come by. LOL.
@nwbest4336I just dont gamble most of gambling I do is put 10-15% of my wage on exchange-traded funds. It's a choice to gamble or not.
@HZ5SWIn Islam gambling is prohibited.
@michaelphilps