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aurareturnyesterday at 11:12 PM3 repliesview on HN

These things are dangerous. Someone who can take AWS down such as an employee can place a bet.

These bets aren’t as innocent as they seem because the bettors can often influence or change the outcome.


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shimmanyesterday at 11:23 PM

It's a good thing big tech hires for ethical engineers and not ones that only care about money or social status.

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noosphrtoday at 11:22 AM

Jokes on you. All betting sites are based on US-East1.

Imustaskforhelpyesterday at 11:23 PM

> These things are dangerous. Someone who can take AWS down such as an employee can place a bet.

Imagine if the betting website itself shuts down because AWS is down. (half joking I suppose though)

> These bets aren’t as innocent as they seem because the bettors can often influence or change the outcome.

Overall I agree with your statement that these betting markets also are able to incentivize a lot of insider trading and one can say negative scenarios as this has given them an incentive to capitalize on that.