'It's like New Year's every day,' as lockdowns drive increase in booze and pot sales.
"People initially saw constraints on our ability to meet consumer demand and a reduction of the number of deliveries and ordered more product," with average orders shooting up from $120 to almost $160, founder Tim Conder said. The company has increased head count by 25 percent and is looking to scale up responsibly.
A customer receives a delivery from The Pottery Cannabis Dispensary on April 14, 2020, in Los Angeles as marijuana deliveries increase amid the spread of the coronavirus.Meanwhile, because sports betting has virtually dried up with all major sports canceled, online casino and table gaming have also seen surges of new customers and old customers returning.
"Just like food delivery companies, or just like Amazon or Netflix, because we are a stay-at-home activity, we are seeing the impact of people confined," said Thomas Winter, senior vice president and general manager of online gaming for Golden Nugget, which has both a land-based casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and an online gaming division.
Providers have seen a surge of new customers, and customers who used to play once every few months have steadily returned. But the overall player behavior hasn't changed, Winter said. At the same time, services for addictive behaviors have gone online and switched to phone calls, removing key in-person support for the subset of customers with compulsion problems.
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