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bawolffyesterday at 8:33 PM1 replyview on HN

If someone made 500k, then someone lost 500k.

Any money you win gambling has to come from someone else, it doesn't just appear.


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dismalafyesterday at 9:20 PM

So you don't know anything about gambling lol.

Yes, generally both sides of the book balance (minus a cut for the bookie). But there's not automatically another exactly opposite bet of the same size lol.

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