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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Guys, I have the solution to the sports gambling crisis: A series of gambling help hotlines, available to people in certain states, to be placed at the bottom of gambling ads in tiny fonts or read as a huge block of text at the very end of podcasts Surprised nobody has thought of this yet

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Jer @oriolesfan2000.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

How could it fail?!

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Kit 🌙🌙Were-Wren🐺🐺 @kitwrenaway.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

when they first had to start doing those they literally sped up the tape to alvin and the chipmunks speed, i was pretty impressed by the brazenness

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GTCounter @gycounter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I still think it's better then Mafia owned Gambling. But the sponsorship HAS to stop. Cigs can't do ads. It's probably too late they bought too many statehouses for ads to get banned.

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Chgotolv @chgotolv.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Opioid addiction might look small by comparison.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Ideally these numbers could be read at the exact part of podcasts where it’s clear the content is over and you can skip ahead to get to the next episode

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Parkscope Joe @parkscopejoe.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Gotta read it like an auctioneer on speed

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Kyle @kmgreen6.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Thought you were going to say a new Ballroom

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Mira, Math Witch 🏳️‍⚧️ @mirandarosalise.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

rodge I kid you not, a lot of calls those hotlines get are confused gamblers who are trying to contact customer support. however bad you think it is already, it’s worse.

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BuffnTuff @buffandtuff.com · 27/04/2026

They should refer to it not as gambling but as gaming so it's not immediately clear what its for.

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steve blueberry @steve.racing · 27/04/2026

everyone has the self-awareness to know they need gambling help in the moment, too, so this should be fine

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Bob Baum @retiredbaumer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I’m sure this would help tens of people

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stonecoldjake.bsky.social @stonecoldjake.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Troop: Sir, and these hotlines will surely all use the same phone number? Washington: No. some will, some won't. there will be no pattern.

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Louie @copenfagan.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

What if we also ask that everyone “be responsible, please”?

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notthreebears.bsky.social @notthreebears.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

sorry bud, but big government can’t replace parenting. when i caught my kid gambling on the super bowl, i made him bet on every prop the next day. not so fun now is it

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Mixed Martial Mathers @seantg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

what if you can gamble in an unregulated, decentralized market with untraceable currency would that help

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Cheyne @cheyneeug.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

They should ask podcasters that are not sports betting experts to put together some of the worst parlays imaginable and pitch them to listeners. That will definitely discourage people to gamble.

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KLB @kinglebenj.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Should we have one national hotline with an easy to remember moniker? No, it would probably be best for each state to have an impossibly difficult to remember number.

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