1 death is sad.

100 deaths is a tragedy.

10,000 deaths is a statistic.

I searched for, downloaded, and installed the Poison My Well app, and the thing forced itself into my well!

Losses were deductible until a few years ago. Now most people just pay on the winnings. Once the standard deduction was raised, that deduction went away. Losses maybe deductable if you itemize (?), but it’s a pretty high bar.

Winnings over a certain amount are reported to the IRS. W-2 G

Handle is gross throughput, not consumer expenditure: over 90% of what is wagered gets returned to bettors in the form of winnings. That $1,000 in bets translates to roughly $100 in average losses per adult.

The market is big, but less than the more clickbaity headline would suggest.

For the low introductory cost of just 100 septims per annum.