Sly comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 3 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Sly 24 March 2010 09:34:20PM 0 points [-]

How many know about this, and are games such as the lottery, and sports betting still viable?

Lottery numbers / stock changes seem like the first impression answer to me.

Comment author: Strange7 24 March 2010 09:54:06PM 0 points [-]

It's public knowledge. Omega is extraordinarily intelligent, but not actually omniscient, and 'I don't know' is a legitimate answer, so casinos, state lotteries, and so on would pay exorbitant amounts for a random-number generator that couldn't be cost-effectively predicted. Sports oddsmakers and derivative brokers, likewise, would take the possibility of Omega's advice into account.