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The trouble is, anyone can bet against the person remaining alive, so it becomes a public goods problem. Everyone's incentive is to let someone else do the assa

The trouble is, anyone can bet against the person remaining alive, so it becomes a public goods problem. Everyone's incentive is to let someone else do the assassination, and freeload. There's no extra profit in actually doing the hit, but a lot of extra risk.

dorgo 6y ago
>anyone can bet against the person remaining alive Yeah, but it is 1. risky ( if the person stays alive you just lose money ). and 2. the incentive for a potential hitman is reduced by your bet ( so by placing the bet you are actually reducing your odds of success ).
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- _0ffh 6y ago
  So to increase your odds of surviving you can bet on your own death. That seems strangely philosophical to me. Another upside is, if you should die anyway, then at least you win the bet!
  - DennisP 6y ago
    It's like life insurance that decreases your chance of death.
jungturk 6y ago
Knowing with certainty that the event will happen can lead to additional profit by being willing to accept less than fair odds or to increase leverage.