In person sports betting just opened today so i’m sure a lot of folks are interested. Plus there are a lot of local sports celebrities there for the launch so i’m sure that even folks who aren’t betting might be interested in going just to get a glimpse of them.

It’s a casino not a brothel…

It makes sense as other users noted.

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Not sure what's wrong with people being excited about sports betting being live.

Why is this not "classy"?

Wrong? Not much. A sports book in general is sort of the opposite of classy though, no?

Gambling is a vice?

I try not to judge. I won't be visiting... But I don't give a shit who does. Hopefully everyone wins.

Stay classy

…but there’s escorts at casinos

i was so sure /u/puritansettler1620 would be in this thread

That’s clearly Apple Maps not Google Maps

OP belongs in r/lostredditors for not knowing this

That's just grandma's car.

vices aren’t crimes and not necessarily without their own level of “class”

So? Are vices "unclassy"?

They’re a Joe Rogan fan so they probably have the IQ of a child

OP forgot to log into that account

oh boy wait until you find out we have bars here, too..

I just want to be able to bet on when the first truck of the season gets storrowed. I don't care about sports!

Maybe you were looking for the Brookline, Newton, or Belmont subreddits?

Oh no they are traveling out of city to Everett I’m saying

We need to alert the church elders.

S’what I’m saying. Downvoters moved here for school lol

Won't someone think of the children?

Puritan intensifies

Encore isn’t Bally’s in RI lol

I understand. However - and I say this as a non-gambler, who believes the Everett casino is a stupid moneysink and that gambling institutions are generally shitty and even morally bankrupt to a degree - I think the reason lots of people are downvoting your comments is because a relative minority of Greater Boston Area residents with safe money have a significant amount of sway over policing fun people are allowed to have. Bars are limited. Venues have to be big, safe, family focused or corporate run affairs. Nothing is allowed to run past ten unless the Sox are about to win something huge. Compared to sports betting, all of these could be construed as worse vices but all of them are also essential for the vibrant culture many residents want to have and participate in.

All of it is a product of NIMBYism, centered in wealthier areas like Newton, Brookline, etc but the worst vices imaginable are well and alive in this city, and are undiminished by this cultural clampdown on fun.

Compared to the bigger problems this city and its surrounding boroughs like to ignore - even going so far as to intentionally block the reconstruction of vital infrastructure, like the bridge to Long Island - sports betting is nothing.

I think a lot of people are downvoting this because it sounds judgey and I called the whole city classless.

Nice essay though!

Sure and there’s worse. We used to have a dog track for instance 🤦🏼‍♂️

Yeah that’s not what I was saying but whatever. Enjoy that glass house of yours watching classy men beat the shit out of each other in a ring

Thank you. I'm a lifelong resident and I feel rather strongly. I will say that we at least agree that gambling at the Everett casino is pretty stupid.

Isnt this apple maps?

Lol what a tool