Jackpot: The Capitalist World and Casual Gambling
Gambling isn’t just about casinos or lottery tickets anymore — it’s embedded in our everyday lives through seemingly innocent trends like blind boxes, trading card games, and loot boxes. Capitalising on the human attraction to luck, corporations come up with forms of casual gambling from collectible trading card games like Magic: The Gathering in the 90s to the current global phenomenon of Popmarts, appealing to kids and cultivating the habit of gambling from a young age. While most of this is harmless fun, it could lead to a gambling addiction if it goes unchecked. It is important for us to recognize this growing normalization of gambling and address the societal issue of problem gambling.
