• mabeledo@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Gambling facilitators have been manipulating outcomes in several ways, since the beginning of time. Let’s now be naive about it.

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      4 days ago

      I am not being naive, I am explaining that gambling can take enough money without caring who wins.

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        4 days ago

        I’m pretty sure you didn’t “explain” anything, but alright.

        But again, there are so many recent examples of influence-peddling between gambling sites and teams and players, it’s not even a matter of why, but when.

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          1 day ago

          Oh I’m sure it happens, but gambling engines have risk assessment inside, they know exactly how much money they would have to pay out in every scenario, and can adjust the odds accordingly. Even the odds themselves have calculated margins inside. It’s not like they need to do scams, but they certainly can.