Why can I be too drunk to consent to sex but not gambling?

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Why can I be too drunk to consent to sex but not gambling?

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  1. rhomboidus Avatar

    Because the casino lobby is significantly more powerful than the date rape lobby.

  2. itsnotcomplicated1 Avatar

    If you get blackout drunk and can prove the casino/pit boss/dealer knows you are blackout drunk and continued to encourage you to keep gambling, you would possibly have a case.

    Chances are though, your legal fees would be 10x-100x more than you lost at the casino.

  3. bullevard Avatar

    There definitely are levels of being too drunk to consent at a casino table. If you are slumped over the table drooling, and the dealer says “if you don’t want to bet $100, please tell me” and then takes your lack of coherent refusal as consent, taking a stack of your chips and putting them into play, odds are you could get a judge to say that the casino stole that money from you.

  4. Pesec1 Avatar

    Because socially accepable standard for consent to sex is much stricter than standard for engaging in commercial relationships.

  5. Overall_Leadership12 Avatar

    American here, I cannot speak to the gambling aspect, but to be too drunk to consent to sex is a very high bar. This bar is way higher than being legally intoxicated for driving and the onus is on the prosecution to prove that the sober, or at least more sober, person could tell that the other person was unable to provide consent.

  6. Capable_Way_876 Avatar

    If both people are equally drunk, is having sex illegal? If so, who is the perpetrator?

  7. RepresentativeNo1833 Avatar

    Why can women be too drunk to consent to sex but men cannot?

  8. eveningwindowed Avatar

    It’s an interesting thought exercise, I knew a guy who doesn’t drink anymore because the last time he did some dudes forced him to withdraw thousands of dollars from an atm and then robbed him and the bank was like sorry we can’t do anything because you withdrew the money on your own accord

  9. Literally1989 Avatar

    Because being too drunk to consent isn’t “oh I’m drunk” and we had sex, RAPE. When you hear cases of someone being raped while drunk it’s when they’re so drunk they can’t resist or are straight up passed out. The misconception is basically pushed by bitter men trying to make a point out of what they think is evidence of unfairness in the system.
    As far as casinos they definitely use intoxication to their advantage as a way to make money but they’re not letting a limp bodied drunk go all in on blackjack lol.

  10. KyuuMann Avatar

    It depends entirely on where you live, OP. Some places are just more barbaric than others

  11. brinz1 Avatar

    Because gambling only hurts yourself

  12. erin_burr Avatar

    There was a weatherman in Philadelphia who had a crazy story where he claimed he was too drunk or drugged to consent to $44k in charges from Russian mob connected entities. Eventually the FBI investigated the perpetrators and indicted 17 people.

  13. IAmGodMode Avatar

    In my state, the law says you absolutely will be removed for being too intoxicated. I did security at one for a year or two and it didn’t happen often, but it definitely happened.

  14. Fragholio Avatar

    When you’re gambing you’re only fucking yourself.