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Originally Posted by hcv123
It seemed like it was largely pointed at the ultra modern chase card gambling - buying and ripping packs looking for the big win similar to playing the state lottery or other game of chance. I can see the addiction overlay there. While I will not say "never", I see the probability as a lot lower for vintage collecting.
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I agree. Dealers sell unopened and do breaks because the odds favor the dealers; it is far more profitable to a dealer to sell boxes or break slots than to actually shuck the cards out of the packs themselves and sell the good ones at retail. If the opposite was true, the dealers would just do the latter. Yet people still spend a ton on breaks, despite empirically bad outcomes. Another example of magical thinking in the hobby.