Viliam_Bur comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapters 105-107 - Less Wrong
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The snitch will explode exactly at the moment when Slytherins and Ravenclaws have the same number of points, higher than the remaining houses. It will kill all students, thus freezing the house points.
This is what happens when you waste your wish on winning a stupid competition.
Or rather, Voldemort is the first kind of genie, the kind to whom no wish is safe.