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The Sting (2022)

A bunch of hicks from rural Western India pull off an elaborate online betting scam on Russian punters betting on cricket matches:

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Indian farmers streamed fake pro cricket matches to Russian bettors for two weeks

Bettors waged thousands on the fake tournament.

Vaguely reminds of the movie The Sting (1973):

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The Sting - Wikipedia

The common theme is that it's a fake betting racket involving advance/line feeds and live commentary, and the mobster(s)/bad guy(s) get conned in a reversal of roles. In the Indian/Russian case, they even had live Youtube feeds from a fake live cricket match held in a field somewhere, complete with the sweaters/jerseys of real cricket teams.

It's just too damn funny.

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piscean blowhard

Jul 12

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Paul Newman was awesome.

Deanna C

Jul 12

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OMG. Totally true, I MET Paul Newman. One of my college roommates was a member of the University of Pittsburgh race team. I am not sure, but I think PN sponsored the team, or helped them get their car or whatever, but he SHOWED UP at a race. My roommate Andy was totally chill, just chatting with him, and I was standing there in a stupor, and we were introduced. I said something like “I’m so nice to meet you.” Or something equally stupid. He was as beautiful as you’d think.

DeathofRats-BadgeHoorMaroon

Jul 12

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Gold.