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The hot new interview question for 2025-2035 will not be:

- How many golf ball fit in a school bus?

Or the like that dominated Google hiring for nearly a decade. No the hot new interview question will be:

- Do you have an account with any of the major sports bettors in good standing?

The Goofus answer to this is : Yes, I can bet whatever I like with them (they are an idiot that doesn't understand how money works. Hire appropriately)

The Gallant answer is: No, I don't do sports betting. (This shows they at least know to lie about it)

The Galaxy answer is: No, they banned me (only sharps get banned, meaning they are either very lucky or very good with probabilities and numbers)

There exists now the potential for a small service company that can help interviewees and the spouses of gambling addicts: We'll make you look like a sharp to the sports betting companies. You sign up for the service and a big-time sharp takes over your accounts (or directs you personally) and tells you what to bet and where. They then give you the money to bet, making you effectively a mule for them. It's win-win. Real sharps get a mule, you get to look like a sharp and you have the proof. This also works for the family of addicts (probably the larger market), as their affected loved-one gets banned/downgraded and all the money stops flowing out of their accounts.



> (This shows they at least know to lie about it)

Or they just don’t do it? I don’t enjoy gambling at all. I don’t do it in casinos, I don’t do it online, and I don’t even do it with friends where there’s no “house” to pay off. I think the worst night gambling I’ve ever experienced, I lost $20. I still remember it.


Was I not clear here? My parentheses would include people that don't gamble with the 'at least' there, I thought.


Ah, I took that to mean “everyone does it but at least these people are smart enough to lie about it”.


'Proper' gamblers use exchanges like Betfair rather than Sportsbooks, where the host takes a rake off the spread with individuals laying against you. The only major issue with this is not being able to do things like place betting accumulators.

FOI in EU means you can get the notes attached to your account - the insights can be staggering, down to friend and family connections with Jockeys or Racing Stables, Sports Personalities or High Net Worth individuals.


Isn't mule or proxy betting incredibly illegal in the US? It would seem to violate every known money laundering law I can think of




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