r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 1d ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this??

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u/IAmTheNightSoil 1d ago

Yeah this is what I realized makes gambling different for me from things like alcohol. Alcohol companies don't make all their money off serious alcoholics, they actually have a business model that works of people are healthy/moderate drinkers. Most sports bettors are healthy about it, but gambling companies make all their money off the small percentage that are addicts. Their business model actually doesn't work if nobody is an addict

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u/Short_Affect_3365 1d ago

I have bad news for you, its that alcohol companies actually do make most their money off alcoholics lol

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u/James_Chandra_Hubble 1d ago

True, as an alcoholic learning how to distill my own liquor and brew my own beer is on my to do list. Along with taking a shower and doing laundry

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u/Short_Affect_3365 1d ago

Shitty wine is easy to make

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u/planningperiodguy 9h ago

one day I figured out some quick math in my head based off the average amount of times I drank in a week, based off of what I usually drank, for the amount of years I drank so I could go ahead and add insult to injury to see how much I spent. It’s embarrassingly depressing and I will not put that number on here.

But, You are absolutely correct. They make the most money off of us.

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u/Dear_Document_5461 1d ago

So, whales than? What you describing sound like how Gacha, loot boxes, and DLC stuff does stuff.

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u/BenGrahamButler 1d ago

“healthy/moderate drinkers”, well technically no level is healthy, it is a poison when you get down to it