Sort-of memes that are cracking you up at the moment

I... I... I don't know what has happend to my brain reading this.

It was a beautiful thing when it all kicked off

I always wondered if Sworld protested too much 😏

List!

Etc...

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Makes no sense.

Tories betting on the date of the general election after being told the date of the general election.

Decimation of the tories?

Sunak after the election?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvcaxumeiKc&ab_channel=wessco8

I thought it was a room 101 joke, betting thing makes more sense, shame - I was chuffed to think I understood it

Why tf would anyone bet on that?

Why tf would anyone bet on that?

For the guaranteed win. The mystery is why anybody would take the bet. I have zero sympathy for bookmakers who are now whinging about being defrauded when they have only fallen victim to their own stupidity.

Whilst I ain't gonna cry a tear for the bookies, it seems a lot of the 'bets' were on Betfair Exchange, which is just punters against punters. https://www.ft.com/content/1cc50124-e19c-481d-bd91-fdecb3d64528

punters against punters

Then I retract my earlier comment and revise it to "I have zero sympathy for punters who are now whinging about being defrauded when they have only fallen victim to their own stupidity."

Technically, bookmakers are just in the brokerage/arbitrage business, so it's always punter vs. punter whether the the intermediary is a dodgy looking spiv in a camel coat or a server running an algorithm.

Nope.

On BF exchange it is literally punters laying bet offers for other punters to back.

No intermediary, algorithmic or otherwise. Just a rake for the service provider.

Contrast this with when a bookie is looking to find an arbitrage they take a risk of not completing it.

https://j-f-s-p.livejournal.com/7341.html

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https://x.com/reidparker_/status/1116305853437530112?s=46&t=tXZv5SDCYup2XhBvJZbcBw

Julian Assange released!

Knowing how the world works and how bookies work I would be shocked if they didn’t have some other methods at play. Ie algorithmic boosting of whatever is likely to get them more $$$.

Standard bookies have been running AI for years to identify, limit and close accounts of anyone who looks like they might win money.

Seems pretty incredible if it goes through, must be something Biden wanted completed while still on office

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This almost certainly never happened. And it dates from at least 2017.
https://ariadne-associates.co.uk/2017/09/18/hr-and-fake-news/