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I guess you'll also need to ban the stock market and cryptocurrencies as well, especially options and memecoins.

If you “win” trading in the stock market no one kicks you off.

They sure do if you win too much too quickly, almost exactly like gambling if you make the house loose too much money they kick you out.

https://www.sec.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2014-229

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/robinhood-halts-trading-amids...

Not the same thing

At least for the stock market, the difference is the barrier to entry to being a "accredited investor" is significantly higher, and risk mitigation offerings exist. And gamification is regulated to a certain extent.

Meanwhile gambling laws are a patchwork of legacy state, tribal, and federal laws.

You don’t need to be accredited to trade in securities (or derivatives!) in the US.

Ofc, but at scale you absolutely need to

In the US, you can play the stock market with pennies. You just can't day trade if you have less than $25k worth of money / equity in your account.

It won't stop anyone from playing with options.

> It won't stop anyone from playing with options

But not at the same scale that you could while gambling.

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