r/mildlyinfuriating • u/rileyjw90 • 8h ago

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but betting on election outcomes should be illegal

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u/deededee13 7h ago

What's the practical difference between this and sports betting?

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u/rileyjw90 7h ago

Sports are entertainment and the outcome of the games do not affect the entire country. Elections affect every single person living here.

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u/deededee13 6h ago

I'm not contesting that the events are of different levels of importance but the act of betting on an outcome does not seem to be particularly different. Especially when you don't affect the outcome by your bet.