Lotto Powerball is rising to a $25m jackpot on Saturday, but the game is not for everyone. A small percentage of Kiwis have blocked themselves from playing Lot…
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oh great another tool to tell us what we already know… gambling is bad mmmkay. but lotto still takes millions every week lol
hundreds ban themselves? that's a drop in the ocean. i work in the industry, those tools are just checkbox exercises. they don't actually stop problem gamblers.
mate you're spot on. they don't want to stop the cash cow, just look like they care.
honestly good on them for trying something. but $25m Powerball is gonna get every man and his dog buying tickets anyway, tool or no tool 😂
lol facts. my dad says the same thing every draw then drops $50 🙃
my uncle banned himself years ago still walks into dairy and buys a scratchie under the counter. waste of time.
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but if i planned to win and donate to the local school – that's different isn't it? like… the tool can't tell good intentions from bad right
get stuffed with that 'intentions' nonsense. you're funding the machine same as anyone else.
studying psych and this is classic nudge theory but with a dark twist. they're not banning ads are they? oh no of course not lol
yeah but nudge theory also says if you make people think they chose it themselves they're less likely to push back. so this tool is supposed to make you feel in control while you lose rent money. clever eh.
i'd rather they spent money on public health treatment instead of another IT project that nobody will use, but what do i know, i'm just a taxpayer 🤷
taxpayer here too mate. they don't care what we think, they're too busy counting the $5 tickets.
will this tool work on the self checkout at packet n save when i'm buying a ticket at midnight? probably not
100% the real test is whether the self checkout laughs at you when you try to buy your 10th ticket of the week
