Fred gambled away his inheritance. He says Labor's betting ad reforms don't go far enough

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/gambling-addiction-government-reform-albanese-2026/iyaq2ox3h

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Eyekaytee@aussie.zone · -3 pts · 53d (4 replies)

Take some responsibility for yourself ffs

spiffmeister@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 53d

Yeah did he try just not having an addiction?

Fleur_@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 53d (1 reply)

This loser let himself get eaten by the man eating lion we let roam the street. What a dumbass.

TassieTosser@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 53d

I mean think about it. He just has to grit his teeth and power through the manipulative tactics that corpo scum pay psychologists millions to develop. Don't you have a perfectly enlightened mind?

shirro@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 52d

It takes two. A sucker and someone to take advantage of them. The government can't do much about stupid people doing stupid things. Often there are underlying mental issues like depression etc I think. We don't really want to be ruining peoples lives even more for being addicts as has happened with the war on drugs. There is a limit to what governments can do though. People do need to take some responsibility for being fuck ups but we don't have to make it easy for the predators.