My wife and I got a tour of the new JP Morgan building last week and were told there are 10,000 LED lightbulbs, matching, inadvertently, the 10,000 people who work in the building.
Inevitably, someone said, "Every time someone loses their job, a lightbulb goes out."
My parents own racehorses, I’ve been gambling since I’ve known about colours, so I could choose my horses by the colours of their silks. Wealthier people gamble for fun and for the sport of the odds, poor people gamble to actually make money that they don’t have. This is where things get dangerous for poor people.
Those income breakdowns for sports betting are insane but sadly doesn’t feel unexpected — do we know the breakdown of why the higher income classes win more?
What I presumed (because they just give You the data) is ppl in the middle income brackets gamble regularly but conservatively. They place more bets than low-income gamblers (who often bet sporadically and emotionally) but with smaller stakes and better discipline than high-income gamblers (who can afford to chase losses or treat gambling as rare entertainment).
My wife and I got a tour of the new JP Morgan building last week and were told there are 10,000 LED lightbulbs, matching, inadvertently, the 10,000 people who work in the building.
Inevitably, someone said, "Every time someone loses their job, a lightbulb goes out."
I am laughing out loud 😆 also I wonder how many of those 10,000 signed the petition to not go back in the office…
The light bulbs are so high up. The gymnastics of changing them was the first thing my wife noticed!
My parents own racehorses, I’ve been gambling since I’ve known about colours, so I could choose my horses by the colours of their silks. Wealthier people gamble for fun and for the sport of the odds, poor people gamble to actually make money that they don’t have. This is where things get dangerous for poor people.
And often what they’re betting is a higher percentage of their income to begin with…
I would like to know the sports betting to male suicide rates. People don’t realize how many people are secretly losing their asses (and houses)
Yeah this is such a good point (also I couldn’t even sort through the data about risk correlation and gambling… so much)
Those income breakdowns for sports betting are insane but sadly doesn’t feel unexpected — do we know the breakdown of why the higher income classes win more?
What I presumed (because they just give You the data) is ppl in the middle income brackets gamble regularly but conservatively. They place more bets than low-income gamblers (who often bet sporadically and emotionally) but with smaller stakes and better discipline than high-income gamblers (who can afford to chase losses or treat gambling as rare entertainment).
The tradies outperforming the student loans bracket was my favorite part of this analysis, but I’m fully aware I’m a bad person for this
😭😭😭