Asians & Gambling

[orange]

lol asian 2p2ers represent.

[Arbitrage]

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Mexicans (I'm half Mexican myself, btw), aren't in the same immigrant experience bucket, because coming here isn't near the gamble and committment, for them, required of Asians, or Middle Easterners (whose immigrants also gamble alot, AFAIK from poker

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I thought it was because they didn't have any money.

[Equal]

This thread is both enlightening and hilarious.

[chicagoY]

well, its certainly in the Chinese cultural history but as for the rest of Asia I'm not sure. Of course we could consider the influence of China across the continent over the years.

[chicagoY]

I hope you're right

[167-169]

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Now we all know why Macau make more $ than Las-Vegas last year.

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Pretty sure the numbers are doctored. Tons of shady stuff goin on there.

[MrMore]

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Mexicans (I'm half Mexican myself, btw), aren't in the same immigrant experience bucket, because coming here isn't near the gamble and committment, for them, required of Asians, or Middle Easterners (whose immigrants also gamble alot, AFAIK from poker

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I thought it was because they didn't have any money.

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I think that how much money you have affects the stakes, but not the habit.

[Shes]

I'm Viet and I like gambling so I should probably respond. For me it's kind of a social and cultural thing. In Vietnam, gambling is an evening hobby that a lot of people like doing. It's like sitting around with your friends and playing board games. There isn't really a negative social correlation with gambling there unlike in America. It's generally accepted as clean recreational fun. Sooo I guess that kind of mindset transfers into generations that move to or are raised in the U.S. like me.
All this talk about Asians being good at math and being materialistic blah blah blah as the reasoning for their interest in gambling is nonsense.

[KSOT]

How can there not be any negative social correlation with gambling when people (however few it may be) lose everything they own and destroy their lives because of it.

[technologic]

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I'm Viet and I like gambling so I should probably respond. For me it's kind of a social and cultural thing. In Vietnam, gambling is an evening hobby that a lot of people like doing. It's like sitting around with your friends and playing board games. There isn't really a negative social correlation with gambling there unlike in America. It's generally accepted as clean recreational fun. Sooo I guess that kind of mindset transfers into generations that move to or are raised in the U.S. like me.
All this talk about Asians being good at math and being materialistic blah blah blah as the reasoning for their interest in gambling is nonsense.

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i don't know about vietnamese people, but koreans are some of the most materialistic people i know.