It'd be even funnier if they had "Would you gamble with those odds?" in a real serious tone, trying to make it relevant to gamblers, but yeah gambling addicts go yeah, 4:1, "I win these" "the quiters go bankrupt, gotta roll to win"
My understanding is that 1-800-gambler is how casinos were able to be legalized in Maryland. Instead of paying taxes, casinos have to pay some fixed cost to fund anti-gambling programs.
I'm gonna take a stab in the dark that this billboard is just as effective as any program that is funded by the casino industry.
The problem is that humans don't understand odds and xcom pretended that wasn't the case. 90% doesn't mean "guaranteed thing" it means "1 in 10 chance to miss".
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misterdoctor@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 1y
capuccino@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y
people who drinks water, those waterholics
HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 1y
It'd be even funnier if they had "Would you gamble with those odds?" in a real serious tone, trying to make it relevant to gamblers, but yeah gambling addicts go yeah, 4:1, "I win these" "the quiters go bankrupt, gotta roll to win"
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 39 pts · 1y
My understanding is that 1-800-gambler is how casinos were able to be legalized in Maryland. Instead of paying taxes, casinos have to pay some fixed cost to fund anti-gambling programs.
I'm gonna take a stab in the dark that this billboard is just as effective as any program that is funded by the casino industry.
PixTupy@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
Wow, that is dark if that's the case.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 1y
Just normal late stage capitalism
sundray@lemmus.org · 24 pts · 1y
Meanwhile, X-Com players are like...
RampageDon@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y
you just brought back nightmares. 90% might as well be 0
chuckleslord@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
The problem is that humans don't understand odds and xcom pretended that wasn't the case. 90% doesn't mean "guaranteed thing" it means "1 in 10 chance to miss".
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I should replay XCOM...
allywilson@lemmy.ml · 12 pts · 1y
4:1 is good odds!
spicytuna62@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
"Han! The odds of avoiding bankruptcy are 4:1!"
"Never tell me the o-oh. Actually, that's not bad. Yeah, no, let's keep going."
rockerface@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y
Nah, I'd win
474D@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
20% just means you try 5 times and hit it big. Less if you're lucky, I like those odds baby