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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 52 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

How in God's name do you bankrupt a casino?

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 45 points 2 weeks ago

Multiple times, too

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

By using it to launder money.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Using it to launder money usually results in an extremely profitable casino, not the opposite.

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

I have a feeling Trump thought money laundering involved laundromats.

[–] podperson@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well you see, a casino is an extremely complex, mult-layered business in which customers enter said business with the expectation and intent of exchanging money for entertainment, and the casino itself is guaranteed through simple probabilities and statistics to have an advantage over the customer on all of the games presented, and.... oh wait. Yep, he must really suck at business.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 6 points 2 weeks ago

A casino is a business where people give you money expecting nothing in return.

There are a lot of ruffles and flourishes to disguise that fact, but is the simple truth.

And Trump is so stupid he managed to fuck it up. Twice.

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Bankrupting a casino is usually a good thing. E.g. "I'm the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo".

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 4 points 2 weeks ago

Bankrupting it from the outside is good for the guy who does it. But that's not the same thing.

[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 7 points 2 weeks ago

Launder whatever you want, but you could still be able to stay in the black.

[–] ef9357@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

By being Dumbass Donny.