# Betting on pre-determined events

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-on-pre-determined-events/166757>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 5, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-on-pre-determined-events/166757 "2003-04-05T23:26:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-on-pre-determined-events/166757/1 "2003-04-05T23:26:14Z")

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Some staffers at CBS have been found guilty of betting online and making big money on the outcomes of _Survivor_.

Isn’t it illegal to bet on an event that has already happened?

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-on-pre-determined-events/166757/2 "2003-04-05T23:28:48Z")

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I see the site is HQ’d in Costa Rica. Could the CBS guys still be incriminated for breaking an American law?

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/betting-on-pre-determined-events/166757/3 "2003-04-06T00:09:23Z")

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