whatever. a con is a con, and they've been conned.
They're mugs and got conned.
shrug
whatever. a con is a con, and they've been conned.
the only logic to keeping it open was making money off these marks. trump conned them, so did betfair.Not by the bookie, though. The bookie hasn't withheld any information here or presented false information, and it is a particular position to think that the court cases will succeed and the result will be overturned. I'm pretty anti-bookies generally, and they could have closed this particular book just to stop fanning the flames generally, but there was a logic to keeping it open.
The conman here is Trump.
. I wouldn't expect bookies to continue taking bets on a horse race which has finished just because there is a stewards enquiry going on.
Noone is saying that they ALL were vulnerable! I'm sure most of the money came from evil rich nobs who deserve to lose their money... but a little bit probably came from vulnerable people who could not afford to lose it.... and all of that money ends up with betfair.They're not vunrible old people sat at home minding their own business being prayed upon.
the only logic to keeping it open was making money off these marks. trump conned them, so did betfair.
lol yeah, I was thinking that this morning. they're conned all the way down.And now its the lawyers' turn - Giuliani would probably take the case.
But this is exactly what happens.
and all of that money ends up with betfair.
Well that's corrupt as fuck then.
Do you ever wonder why half your posts begin with "Sigh."?Sigh. No it doesn't. Betfair is an exchange. They take a percentage. They were not laying odds on this. Punters were.
Do you ever wonder why half your posts begin with "Sigh."?
Maybe you need to work on your communication then?Because people like you don't know what you're talking about and refuse to answer the body of my posts? Y'know, the half of 10,000 of them that begin with sigh.
this... at that point they were betting on Trumps ability to flip the election result. they lost. cry me a fucking river.It was a longshot bet, but I definitely wouldn't have been confident enough in a conservative-dominated Supreme Court ruling against the Trump side to have bet thousands of pounds on a Biden win post-Election Day.
Id say they've been conned far more by sidney powell, guliano et al than by betfair. If anybody should be sued its team trumpwhatever. a con is a con, and they've been conned.
They've been conned by both. Clearly Powell, Guliano etc (and Trump himself more than anyone) bear the greater responsibility; but betfair didn't have to take those bets.Id say they've been conned far more by sidney powell, guliano et al than by betfair. If anybody should be sued its team trump
Noone is saying that they ALL were vulnerable! I'm sure most of the money came from evil rich nobs who deserve to lose their money... but a little bit probably came from vulnerable people who could not afford to lose it.... and all of that money ends up with betfair.
You just have to watch some of those "funny" videos of the mentally ill people at the trump rallies to see that. They're not rich, most of them. I'm not saying I want to hang out with them, I pretty much think they are nobs too, but I have some sympathy with how they been manipulated.I honestly think a lot of these Trump cultist are vulnerable though. They've become totally detached from reality and food for any passing huckster.
Shockingly short memoriesThe latest is that they claim there will be a China invasion.
Christ
You just have to watch some of those "funny" videos of the mentally ill people at the trump rallies to see that. They're not rich, most of them. I'm not saying I want to hang out with them, I pretty much think they are nobs too, but I have some sympathy with how they been manipulated.
And if you don't feel any sympathy with them personally, well maybe feel sympathy for their children who just had their futures fucked. And their towns etc which are going to descend into even more poverty.
I'm obviously not talking about the trump himself, his lawyers, or all of those on his side (or just opportunistic) who are raking the cash in; they can go to hell (and no doubt will). And whether Betfair gets 100% of the money or just a cut is totally irrelevant; they are profitting massively, is the point.
Shockingly short memories
Not as crap as people hoping for a fascist coup. My sympathy is pretty much zero, I'm afraid.I have seen, on the twitter, anti-trump accounts actively goading trumpers to put their money where their tweets are and bet on him successfully overturning the election. Hadn't thought about it before but that is pretty crap, really.
this is how most cons work though isn't it? people seeking to capitalise on something they've been convinced is a safe bet, but which isn't. Con artists rely on this kind of base selfish stupidity, which is why the trump cultists are so vulnerable to it.Hold on. You're mixing different things. Obviusly there are some mentally vunrible people drawn into the Trumpesphere. So what.
Those seaking to profit, however misguidedly on the turning over of the democratic result though. By betting on it. Are they not opportunitisc too? But because we mostly on here think it was so unlikely, they must be vunrible. No fuck that. Maybe they were just seaking to capitalise as well.