> this is their version of a Vegas casino, but there isnt a house since they're juay betting on what weapons, etc. the killers are gonna use.
Well, I kinda maybe sorta see that. But that still doesn't address my question of how the betting works. We saw, for example, that one guy bet on "Drill" at 10 to 1. Who pays the guy off if he wins? Suppose nobody else bet on anything or everyone bet on "Drill"?
With only 15 bettors in the room, the odds don't smooth out like they would at the horse track with 4,000 people betting on all the different horses.
And with one of the players doing the killing it would be insanely easy to rig the game. I mean, I would bid $50,000 for the right to kill the victim in the manner of my choosing. Then, I'll have my accomplice bet $20,000 at 10-to-1 odds that I'll use the drill. Guess what weapon I'll use?
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pretendworld
12 years ago
i typed ahead of myself. the Hunting League is obviously the "house" but they let you bet on how the high bidder will kill their victim. presumably the high bidder isn't allowed to bid. i doubt the script writers thought that much into it.
remember in the same scene the better smashes his shot glass pissed off because the surgeon guy was going to use the drill but went for the scalpel instead? then they could also bet on what asset the victim would bring up; like "family."
its sort of a cool concept, but they probably could of done more with it.
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bing-57
12 years ago
> they let you bet on how the high bidder will kill their victim. presumably the high bidder isn't allowed to bid.
True. But your friends are allowed to place bets and they will clean up because they know what you are going to do.
> remember in the same scene the better smashes his shot glass pissed off because the surgeon guy was going to use the drill but went for the scalpel instead?
Right. And that's one of the scenes that annoyed me the most. It is a sucker's bet to wager on what another person decides to do unless you are in cahoots with that person. That cowboy should have expected to lose his wager.
> its sort of a cool concept, but they probably could of done more with it.
I would have much preferred to see the movie focused on the hunting club and the wagering system. All three movies so far have focused on the victims and their attempts at escape. It would have been interesting to see the situation from the hunters' point of view.
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