Originally posted on 10/17/2011:

This is a thread better than 95% of "did you eat nachos last night, wisconsin -10, I am from New Jersey and I farted" thread. Wait I like those threads. Sports Gambling is pretty ruinous to a large amount of people and myself a lot, should it be outlawed? No.

A boring cliche but it's said all the time and true here: It is what it is. If sports gambling gets legal in NJ, it will affect the state. Guys who live in the East (Boston, NYC, Philly, DC even, B-more) love to gamble and gamble on sports. College kids LOVE it.

So what to do? SBR is super popular, can't blame that. And if you lose thousands (I have) and have regrets about doing it but get a thrill equal to sex or drugs (addiction is addiction) from sports gambling and send $50 into a sportsbook over and over trying to turn it into 3000 (which I have done and many have here) well.....

The one regret that people should pay attention to in warrior's post is.....this takes away from your life. Meeting women, enjoying food and not nervously, maintaining friendships. This stuff will take away from that. You can argue that it doesn't but for many it does. And f-them right? Because you aren't them? Well, many would say that isn't a good way to live.

(but forget them, right? You only need you and you're a champ.)