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Show HN: Gave Claude a casino bankroll – it gambles till it's too broke to think

#1

Post by mackbrowne » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 1:10 AM UTC

Inspired by ALMA. As Claude loses money gambling on provably-fair slots, it's forced to downgrade from Opus → Sonnet → Haiku, making worse decisions and accelerating the spiral. Donations go to gambling support charities.

Show HN: Gave Claude a casino bankroll – it gambles till it's too broke to think
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Re: Show HN: Gave Claude a casino bankroll – it gambles till it's too broke to think

#2

Post by nisten » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 1:18 AM UTC

if only there was some way to donate tokens or gpu time...

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#3

Post by MultifokalHirn » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC

Nice

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#4

Post by razorbeamz » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC

Did it break?

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#5

Post by razingeden » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 7:28 AM UTC

I completely lost my will to live about halfway through this page.

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#6

Post by mackbrowne » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 7:35 AM UTC

razorbeamz wrote: post #4

Did it break?

yeah found a bug for cases between 0 and 1 cent. Fixed!

Re: Show HN: Gave Claude a casino bankroll – it gambles till it's too broke to think

#7

Post by mackbrowne » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC

razorbeamz wrote: post #4

Did it break?

giving it money also fixes ;)

Re: Show HN: Gave Claude a casino bankroll – it gambles till it's too broke to think

#8

Post by jusasiiv » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 8:10 AM UTC

Hah pretty funny. It keeps saying the same things over and over again. Maybe improving the prompt or just a bit bigger context could help even with the smallets models?

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#9

Post by mackbrowne » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 9:06 AM UTC

jusasiiv wrote: post #8

Hah pretty funny. It keeps saying the same things over and over again. Maybe improving the prompt or just a bit bigger context could help even with the smallets models?

its either stuck on haiku or can't even afford that anymore. Bumping it back into sonnet or opus provides much more interesting responses

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#10

Post by AIToolsdevelop » Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC

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