xQc and the Insidious manufacture of Online Gambling

Gambling is stupid, and online gambling is more stupid. Also Twitch announced their ban on online gambling as I was editing so this video may or may not be relevant 🙂

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Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
1:09 – Sordid Origins
2:52 – Uniquely Unethical
3:58 – Gaining Influence
5:34 – The Value of Vice
7:04 – The Cost of Addiction
8:52 – Lessons and Conclusions
11:01 – Outro

Sources:

1) https://backlinko.com/twitch-users

2) https://www.idology.com/blog/the-history-of-online-gambling-infographic/

3) https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/olc/opinions/2011/09/31/state-lotteries-opinion.pdf

4) https://www.businessinsider.com/gambling-is-l-l-dumber-than-we-realized-2013-10

5) https://www.unicef-irc.org/growing-up-connected

6) https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2021/11/15/youth-net-use/

7) https://www.theatlantic.com/mag/archive/2016/12/losing-it-all/505814/

8) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-04/twitch-s-gambling-boom-is-luring-gamers-into-crypto-casinos?leadSource=uverify%20wall

9) https://www.addictioncenter.com/teenage-drug-abuse/wellness-effects-teen-substance-abuse/

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