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Fantasy Betting Apps are ruining rural India. It is heartbreaking.

https://old.reddit.com/r/india/comments/1k873rk/fantasy_betting_apps_are_ruining_rural_india_it/

17•rustoo•5h ago

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lwo32k•4h ago

Whats the per capita income of Rural India?

halJordan•3h ago

The ... let me check; 3rd sentence of the linked OP has the answer.

chaoskanzlerin•2h ago

Over 180 million users in fantasy betting. Regular gambling has up to 370 million users during major tournaments. Truly harrowing numbers, considering India has about 1.1 billion adults...

Here in mainland Europe, it's hard to find a street in a city that doesn't have (fantasy) sports gambling establishments. The demographics here are mostly working-class immigrants, some unemployed people too. Pacifying the masses, I suppose.

A few articles for further reading:

https://restofworld.org/2022/fantasy-sports-apps-are-driving... https://www.dw.com/en/india-addicted-to-online-betting-and-f... https://restofworld.org/2024/philippines-gcash-online-gambli...

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