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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI noticed something in ads for casinos...
Doesn't matter who runs them, they all, and I do mean ALL, avoid one word like the plague:
"Gambling."
Oh they have their own watered-down word, "Gaming."
Videogames and table-top games like Dungeons and Dragons are gaming.
Gambling is gambling.
Yes, that includes the lottery, which I am guilty of playing once in a while.
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I noticed something in ads for casinos... (Original Post)
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Jun 2014
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Dreamer Tatum
(10,926 posts)1. Welcome to 1955.
They've never used the word gambling, EVER.
It is most certainly gaming, on which money is wagered.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)2. Viva Ned Flanders
Ned Flanders - But I just don't feel right. (looks heavenward) Oh, Lord, what should I do?
Man With Deep Voice - Keep Gaming.
Ned Flanders - What?
Man With Deep Voice - It means gambling. Keep gambling.
Ned Flanders - Oh. Right-eo.
Episode written by David Stern.
El-Bryanto
hangfire00
(27 posts)3. Potato Patatoe....
Call it what you want. not a fan and throwing money in slots well just plain foolish and thats where most of the poor suckers go
JayhawkSD
(3,163 posts)4. Old saying
"Everyone builds dream castles; neurotics try to live in them."
Everyine fantasizes about winning the lottery; neurotics buy lottery tickets.
Everyine fantasizes about winning the lottery; neurotics buy lottery tickets.
misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)5. Casinos are built by losers. Only real winners are the casinos
If we want our casinos to keep expanding, get in there and start gaming.
That's how it works. simply put.