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by Aurornis 299 days ago
> I’ve struggled with gambling issues in the past, and the more I look at this, the more it feels like the same pattern playing out again

This is a common theme: Someone has a recognized gambling problem, but they don’t realize that a game like this is feeding their gambling habit.

A similar thing happens with stock trading apps like RobinHood: People who know they have a gambling addiction don’t recognize (or won’t admit) that their usage patterns are just gambling in a different format. These are the stories that end up on /r/wallstreetbets where someone traded their $30K account down to $20 through options trading before they admitted that they had a problem.