Kansas Sports Better Serves As Tax On Po'Folk Who Don't Understand Statistics

Sure . . . Most bets are a misguided and blind belief in faith. 

A small fraction merely do it for fun and as a nice distraction or a way to make mostly boring pro-games a bit more interesting.

Here's a peek at progressives showing a little bit of heart & soul and holding one of their local leaders accountable for legalizing vice without providing much of a social safety net.

Check-it:

A new study showing how sports betting hits the most economically vulnerable households the hardest. The study reinforces what many of us feared instinctively when Kansas made sports gambling legal two years ago.

“The economic magnitude is large,” the study concluded. “The ratio of their income that low-savings households spend on betting is about 32% larger than how much high-savings households spend. … The legalization of sports betting may exacerbate existing financial strains for (low-income) households.”

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Two years ago, sports betting became legal in Kansas. It wasn't worth the risk to some. * Kansas Reflector

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