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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by pcthrowaway on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:24PM (#39853694)
It sounds callous, but if accept the suggestion that he's responsible for their deaths, how can we then excuse people working in the casinos or other gambling ventures that surely lead to the deaths of many.

Or would folks here suggest the numerous HN contributors who have worked in gambling tech are deserving of life in prison as well?

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by Kwpolska on Thursday March 28, 2024 @12:45PM (#39854096)
Prosecuting individual contributors to gambling is too far, but prosecuting C-level execs of gambling companies is correct to me.
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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison by n2d4 on Thursday March 28, 2024 @06:14PM (#39857996)
Gambling, like finance, has rules. If I start a casino, and tell everyone that the roulette is fair, and then go ahead and rig it so no one ever wins, then yea, I should be sent straight to prison.

If SBF told everyone loud and clear "hey guys you can give me money and I will use it to gamble on my favorite crypto tokens and play board games with Caroline" then I don't think he would deserve a prison sentence (but he also wouldn't get any customers). It's the deception that makes it a crime.

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