It's a good thing big tech hires for ethical engineers and not ones that only care about money or social status.

Thankfully their leadership is leading the way in ethics since inception, so I am confident that no such shenanigans will ever take place. I may even bet on this.

Leaders with a vision for all of us.

What's funny about sarcasm is that you're supposed to detect it without markers.

It was easier a few years back.

Jokes on you. All betting sites are based on US-East1.

All sites? No.

IAM? Def. But how critical is IAM, anyway?

> These things are dangerous. Someone who can take AWS down such as an employee can place a bet.

Imagine if the betting website itself shuts down because AWS is down. (half joking I suppose though)

> These bets aren’t as innocent as they seem because the bettors can often influence or change the outcome.

Overall I agree with your statement that these betting markets also are able to incentivize a lot of insider trading and one can say negative scenarios as this has given them an incentive to capitalize on that.

This is my retirement plan.

Get a job where I can affect something significant, mortgage everything I own to bet on it, then break it (get fired) and take the money and run.

Oh no won't someone please think of the prop wagerers.