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subtlejellyfishtoday at 1:29 AM2 repliesview on HN

There's a legitimate, non-gambling use case: hedging against your existing position in GOOG.

There's no equivalent instrument for sports.


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triceratopstoday at 3:04 AM

> There's no equivalent instrument for sports.

Options on the sports team's parent company. I mean you want to hedge against financial losses due to on-field performance but also commercial performance, right? What is the utility of hedging purely against on-field performance?

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BLKNSLVRtoday at 1:56 AM

That sounds _exactly_ like a gambling use case.

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