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Re:How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans into Suc... by mattmaroon on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @03:38PM (#10853577)
Right, it happens when a pit boss or marketing department makes an error. It's not something they do on purpose. There are lots of stories of people flying in from around the world because some casino was dumb enough to pay double odds on 00 on roulette or something.
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Re:How the Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans into Suc... by 55555 on Wednesday January 06, 2016 @07:10PM (#10854978)
This could also be done on purpose occasionally as a money losing promo in order to bring in new long-term customers. Casinos have insane LTCV so it might make sense sometimes. In this scenario it would be the classic groupon problem where you get taken advantage of by 'deal hounds'
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