Yes, this was something I was thinking earlier. I was in an ideal position to take advantage of the offers without getting hooked because: I hate sports, have good background knowledge of probability, don’t like gambling, and don’t live in NY and thus couldn’t make any more bets even if I wanted to. If I’m the one taking these offers rather than a NY resident who might end up with a gambling problem, that’s a very good social outcome in addition to the donation directed to charity.
Another secondary benefit of people like us (presuming we are not problem gamblers) doing this:
Online Casinos are probably using these to hook problem gamblers
They have a limited budget for these offers and will only do it if it seems likely to be generating a profit
By ‘exhausting’ these offers and making it seem unprofitable to the casinos we may be preventing problem gamblers from getting hooked/drawn in again.
(Maybe Robirahmanhad this point in mind already)
Yes, this was something I was thinking earlier. I was in an ideal position to take advantage of the offers without getting hooked because: I hate sports, have good background knowledge of probability, don’t like gambling, and don’t live in NY and thus couldn’t make any more bets even if I wanted to. If I’m the one taking these offers rather than a NY resident who might end up with a gambling problem, that’s a very good social outcome in addition to the donation directed to charity.