Jockeys are forbidden to bet on the outcome of races.
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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?
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?
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他们有这样的风险,稳定的人流不会来,他们不会持续不断地下注,每个人都对其有一个稍微消极的期望。
They have risks that a steady stream of people won't come and be making a steady stream of bets at which each of them has a slightly negative expectation.