@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-03-06 04:01:44
Podcast transcript with Nilay Patel and Liz Lopatto, on why prediction market players want to be seen not as gambling but as news, incentivizing insider trading (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/podcast/889177/pred…
@newsie@darktundra.xyz2026-03-05 18:58:21
Ukrainian women fleeing war exploited in multimillion-dollar gambling fraud scheme https://therecord.media/Ukraine-women-Spanish-gambling-ring
@khalidabuhakmeh@mastodon.social2026-01-07 15:51:40
GLP-1s and Gambling might be the one-two punch that wreaks havoc on the U.S. economy.
Lose your ass and your cash, but keep the grass.
@roelgrif@mstdn.social2026-03-05 19:08:53
If I were Zelensky I would say: you are gambling with world war III. You don't have the cards.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5llg0e9g9o
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-03-05 07:56:16
Invisible gambling puts all other deceptive patterns to shame, but the others are worth knowing about for anyone who might have missed it when folks were talking more about this:
https://www.deceptive.design/
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-03-05 12:36:00
Trump Keeps Gambling With the Economy -- And Getting Away With It (Victoria Guida/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/03/05/trump-economy-risk-iran-oil-tariffs-tax-cuts-00812888
http://www.memeorandum.com/260305/p11#a260305p11
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-02-25 23:46:03
New York's AG sues Valve over its use of loot boxes, accusing the game developer of violating state gambling laws and threatening to addict children to gambling (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/n
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-03-05 07:39:07
This is all, of course, completely in line with Epstein's argument for micro-transactions. Modern gaming has shifted heavily towards this pay-to-play model with drop boxes that all basically looks like gambling for kids.
https://www.thegamer.com/jeffrey-epstein-call-of-duty-microtransactions/
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-12-19 11:07:22
Former NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith: Why sports' leaders must address growing gambling crisis https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6900645/2025/12/19/sports-gambling-betting-problem-crisis-demaurice-smith/
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-03-05 05:47:59
Woke up from a dream with a thought about dark patterns and LLMs.
If LLMs (as a service) could be normalized and integrated into everything, as is currently in progress, the next step would be to charge tokens to pay for the interactions. After all, it's not really free. That's just the normal progression. Introduce the tech, get people hooked, then make them pay.
Great, now imagine this future state. Every interaction with a computer ends up mediated through a stochastic parrot. Congratulations, everything now has micro-transactions on steroids. Not only does everything you do with tech have micro-transactions, but every interaction with technology is gambling.