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Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by JumpCrisscross on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:06PM (#30158498)
> If we are going to allow casinos to operate at all, then we shouldn't allow them to discriminate against potential customers on the basis that said customers are better at the game

Casinos aren't common carriers. The rules should be fair, disclosed in advance and not ad hoc. But why one would force a casino to e.g. take the other side of a billionaire's bet is beyond me.

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Re:The rising human cost of sports betting by HWR_14 on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:38PM (#30158675)
I believe the proposed rule is that you can not choose between players. That's different from allowing a maximum bet amount for all players. That is, the casino has to take the billionaires bet, but not more than the 10k limit they enforce on everyone.
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