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Re:The Lottery-fication of Everything by mrDmrTmrJ on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:43PM (#45663198)
Because, to quote your comment, "their customers are mostly unsophisticated."

And, part of the appeal of the product, is they only pay out if *all of them are in the money. Hence the "lotto-like" return profile.

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Re:The Lottery-fication of Everything by quamserena on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @12:42AM (#45664956)
While Robinhood users are unsophisticated (seriously use another brokerage…) I think that they would see through this.
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