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Re:Tech Startup Crowdfunding Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be by SilasX on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @01:37PM (#10698345)
So, let's say I market the crowdfunding shares as an entertainment product. Then it could become a legal model?

Relatedly, I had the idea to sell small shares of (legit, regulated) far-out-of-the-money options as lottery tickets. As investment products, they're legal, but work like lottery tickets in that you have a tiny chance of winning big (e.g. if the underlying security has a sudden, sharp shift in price).

Re:Tech Startup Crowdfunding Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be by tptacek on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @02:36PM (#10698801)
Yes. That is, for instance, how Kickstarter works.