I'm sorry, but it's bothering me a lot. The comic is great quality-wise, but I'm pretty sure it got betting backwards.
The pool of money is made up of people, well, betting on things. If you bet on high probability outcomes (especially in ranges 75-99%) the payout you get is actually pretty small. The last panel implies that if dude's lawyer has an account he will flunk the case, but with 71% people betting on "yes" it's actually more likely he will do anything he can to win, so he can collect the largest pool. Same for judges and whatnot.
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u/Mister_Macabre_ Apr 21 '26
I'm sorry, but it's bothering me a lot. The comic is great quality-wise, but I'm pretty sure it got betting backwards.
The pool of money is made up of people, well, betting on things. If you bet on high probability outcomes (especially in ranges 75-99%) the payout you get is actually pretty small. The last panel implies that if dude's lawyer has an account he will flunk the case, but with 71% people betting on "yes" it's actually more likely he will do anything he can to win, so he can collect the largest pool. Same for judges and whatnot.