The proliferation of online gambling is IMO one of the bigger under-reported trends in modern society, and has a real potential for massive externalities throughout society.
Bet on German Train Delays
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#12> No real money is exchanged on this platform. All caßh is fictional, virtual, and entirely made up, much like Deutsche Bahn's timetable.
Sick burn hahaha
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#13everything in this world will be turned into gambling. this stuff is a cancer on society
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#14for the people who wouldn't have inadvertently clicked on the website: it's not real money, it's a campaign to nudge the German provider to care about their infamous delays
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#15Countdown to someone pulling the emergency brake because they have a lot of money at stake
+ the conductors driving more slowly
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#16People used to bet on ships sinking and sailors drowning. Till they learned better. Edit: This was common until Parliament passed the Marine Insurance Act of 1745. Before that, speculators could take out "wagering policies" on vessels they had no connection to. This created "coffin ships" - unseaworthy vessels sent to sea because the insurance payout for a wreck was worth more than the ship itself. The law introduced…
They still do, they just call it insurance.
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#17Countdown to someone pulling the emergency brake because they have a lot of money at stake
No insider betting! Ethics, ethics!!
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#18Where can I bet when this will be taken down?
(Asking since polymarket is forbidden in DE)
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#19People used to bet on ships sinking and sailors drowning. Till they learned better. Edit: This was common until Parliament passed the Marine Insurance Act of 1745. Before that, speculators could take out "wagering policies" on vessels they had no connection to. This created "coffin ships" - unseaworthy vessels sent to sea because the insurance payout for a wreck was worth more than the ship itself. The law introduced…
Could you elaborate?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucona kinda fits...
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#20People used to bet on ships sinking and sailors drowning. Till they learned better. Edit: This was common until Parliament passed the Marine Insurance Act of 1745. Before that, speculators could take out "wagering policies" on vessels they had no connection to. This created "coffin ships" - unseaworthy vessels sent to sea because the insurance payout for a wreck was worth more than the ship itself. The law introduced…
Could you elaborate?
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