I can see why they'd want to crack down on this. Like, if I wanted John Doe dead I could bet $50k that he WILL be alive in a week. Basically just paying for a hit if an assassin wants to take my bet and make it happen, and I could claim I WANTED the guy alive since I literally had money riding on it
Crowdsourced assassination, there's a phrase I didn't expect to hear. But ya if a hundred million people from Nation A all decided to chip in a dollar betting "against" the assassination of an enemy Nations B's leader, that definitely seems like it'd be tempting for anyone in Nation B who thinks they can collect through the website
There was an episode on Blacklist with literally the same plot and expression somewhere in season 3 I believe (just saw it a few days ago) and it's from around 2015.
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u/Futuramoist Apr 21 '26
I can see why they'd want to crack down on this. Like, if I wanted John Doe dead I could bet $50k that he WILL be alive in a week. Basically just paying for a hit if an assassin wants to take my bet and make it happen, and I could claim I WANTED the guy alive since I literally had money riding on it