[EpicEng]

So now it only matters in finance? No one lost anything here. It's ridiculous to expect a payout due to an error like this. You wouldn't get one at a casino if e.g. a slot machine malfunctioned. What if the payout was $500M? Should they have to pay that as well?

[link_108]

Actually you won't get a payout if the slot machine malfunctioned: https://vegasclick.com/games/slots/malfunctions

[cannonedhamster]

The difference being that the slot machine owners are not the slot machine developers and it is not within their power to do anything to prevent the errors.

[EpicEng]

thanks, that was a typo

[maxerickson]

Sure, I'm entirely comfortable making life difficult for bookies.

[EpicEng]

And why is that? The rest of society has deemed it a ligitimate business. So you simply don't like gambling and that's why you want them to eat it? Not a very strong argument.

[maxerickson]

It's more that I think the activity of promoting gambling is one of getting your customers to eat it (It's advertised as a game of stakes, it's really just skimming transaction fees), so I don't mind it if what goes around comes around once in a while.

[emodendroket]

Society did no such thing; they weaseled their way into a legal grey zone and made themselves big before society had much say in it.