I don’t see any reason to believe that the same amount of gambling would take place in aggregate. Most entertainment businesses grow the market and this one is promoting new motivations for potentially different people to participate in an activity which is often addictive. And if you’re running a bricks and mortar casino you’re facing the same high operating costs as the competition: I don’t see any reason to believe you’d reach profitability without putting in similar amounts of effort to entice new players, encourage people to return on days they weren’t planning to gamble and encouraging people to shovel more money into machines after they’ve already lost more than they planned.
I think you pointed out the ickiest part of this proposal very well, though: I’d be motivated to encourage people to donate (gamble) more then they were planning to.
I don’t find brick and mortar casino of this type compelling, for this reason.
In the online case expenses should be relatively low given the existing infrastructure
I don’t see any reason to believe that the same amount of gambling would take place in aggregate. Most entertainment businesses grow the market and this one is promoting new motivations for potentially different people to participate in an activity which is often addictive. And if you’re running a bricks and mortar casino you’re facing the same high operating costs as the competition: I don’t see any reason to believe you’d reach profitability without putting in similar amounts of effort to entice new players, encourage people to return on days they weren’t planning to gamble and encouraging people to shovel more money into machines after they’ve already lost more than they planned.
I think you pointed out the ickiest part of this proposal very well, though: I’d be motivated to encourage people to donate (gamble) more then they were planning to.
I don’t find brick and mortar casino of this type compelling, for this reason. In the online case expenses should be relatively low given the existing infrastructure