alt Hacker NewsI wonder how many people out there would take an assault charge to win a bet. Since there’s a market you could even get investors. Get $10million together, bet it with high odds, take 25% cut, spend 10 years in jail, live out the rest of your life in comfort.
Is any of that illegal besides the assault itself?
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Enginerrrd • 10/01/2024
I'd think you'ď be VERY hard pressed to bet $10 million dollars, but I don't know that.
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qb1 • 10/02/2024
Criminal conspiracy. The agreement to commit the crime is the crime. Not the assault. That is another crime.
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Very much so. Even planning it, without carrying it out, would be subject to criminal conspiracy charges. Recruiting people to the scheme (even the investors) would be soliciting a crime. It's illegal to interfere in the outcome of the game once the bet is placed. Finally, once it was proven you rigged it, you'd probably be forced to return the winnings anyway.
I'm sure an actual attorney could come up with even more reasons this is illegal.