LA is burning. Place your bets.

If you are betting on theCalifornia wildfires, I don’t know what to tell you.

Go outside (if it’s safe).

Call agambling-addictionhotline, probably.

But the problem with blaming individuals forgetting in over their headsis that you miss the forest for the trees.

It’s impossible to ignore the recent cultural shift when it comes to gambling.

Beyond sports, some operators,including Robinhood, offer betting on things like elections.

They added: “These markets address the same questions being discussed across all of cable news and X.

We’ve proven that markets can be an invaluable alternative information source for those seeking real-time quantitative data.”

Why do this at all then?

And Gallup surveys suggest a healthy majority of Americans see gambling as morally acceptable.

For a lot of people, betting is a newfangled way to find some enjoyment and spice up life.

Emily Stewartis a senior correspondent at Business Insider, writing about business and the economy.