# Bricker's betting gambit

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**Created:** [September 4, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brickers-betting-gambit/667992 "2013-09-04T13:41:48Z")
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### Author: ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brickers-betting-gambit/667992/171 "2013-09-05T19:37:59Z")

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> [@Bone](#):
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> This post I agree with 100%. The method to extract the concession could be a monetary wager, but it doesn’t have to be. I am guessing that Bricker would gladly accept a wager where the losing side must post a concession that unambiguously states they were wrong.

Yes. I wouldn’t mind seeing a bit of self-flagellation, mind you, but the core issue is exactly that: an unambiguous declaration of error.

It could look like this:

> [@I was Wrong About the GPS, but ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-wrong-about-the-gps-but/610402/1):
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> So – I was wrong, wrong, wrong about this outcome, for a reason that I did not predict.

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