OT: RIAA and Their Law Suits

[dogscoff]

Only time I ever put money on at the bookmakers, it was because I knew I could beat the odds: I had a 100% chance of winning.

A few years ago one of the Online gambling sites had a promotion to encourage new Users: For every �1 you placed on your first bet, they would match it up to �100.

I put in �100 and got them to match it. Then I split the �200 on a football match- half the money that side A wins, half that they don't.

Inevitably, I lost one of the bets and won the other. I think I wound up with around �120, so I simply withdrew the cash and closed the account.

This little loophole in their promotion had been publicised by www.ntk.net (that's how I came to know about it) and I wasn't the only one to pull it off. The offer was soon withdrawn...