If Amazon could cut out bookshops and sell books directly to the public, why shouldn't one use the internet to let people place bets with one another?

如果亚马逊能够砍掉实体书店而将书直销到公众手中，那为什么不能通过互联网让人们互相下注赌博呢？

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Mister Kerviel's job was to place bets that indexes would both rise and fall.

科维尔先生的工作是下赌：指数会同时上升与下降。

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Its weak oversight allowed a relatively junior employee to place bets worth more than the bank's entire capital.

该行监督薄弱，才使一名级别较低的员工得以下出超过该行全部资本的赌注。

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Thai tough guys place bets as their bodyguards hover behind holding their bosses' mobile phones.

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When regulators raise those requirements, oil speculation becomes less attractive to traders and they place bets elsewhere.

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Uncertainty means that some companies are sitting on cash piles, waiting to determine where to place bets.

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