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I started my career working on gambling apps, and it’s one of my red lines now when looking for work.

It’s an evil industry - full of dark patterns. I remember implementing a “cancel withdrawal” feature where essentially: the casino could deposit money in a customers bank account in a day when they request it. They instead choose to hold it in a pending state for a week, and allow them to cancel the withdrawal at any point in that week to immediately play with. Presumably so it didn’t feel as real as money leaving the gamblers bank account.

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The major UK sites have recently done a similarly dark move by adjusting their definition of "Depost Limit".

Used to be if you set, e.g. a £50/month deposit limit, then you couldn't deposit more than £50 a month.

They recently changed it to be a net limit, so if you withdrawl £500 after a win, you can now deposit £550.

While it can be argued that it still acts as a guardrail for maximum losses, it absolutely encourages problem gamblers to deposit more.