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Semi-related: I had a dream about a law firm that specializes in suing casinos that prey on gambling addicts (in a way that violates the law), and has to make sure that their constant interaction with the gaming world doesn’t re-trigger their clients into old patterns.

Then it occurred to me that there are a lot of major lawsuits that depend on litigation finance, someone to front the cost of the lawsuit and return for a share of the winnings. So you could have a situation where gambling addicts are forced to resort to “their old ways” to get it off the ground!

(And leading to a paradox where, if they can bet on this case in a controlled way … maybe they really weren’t addicted the whole time? Like in the paradox about the lawyer who sues over getting a bad legal education.)



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