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vincnetastoday at 1:18 PM1 replyview on HN

But wait, there is more: Assassination market

bet that someone will die by certain date

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_market


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nekusartoday at 1:59 PM

Huh, I figured they were rumors.

But it's fairly close to a tontine. But those are banned in the USA. But in those cases, rewards are split regularly between survivors. People who die with a tontine lose their share.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine

I could see a movie about that, with living tontine holders sending out hitmen to remove other tontine holders, so they can get more money.

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