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Phil Masters · 10-16-2013, 06:00 AM

Canonically, betting on future events - or at least treating making predictions about them as a game - can be and is used in-setting as a tool of futurology. (Weltspiel, in Broken Dreams.) As I recall, John Brunner got there first, some years ago.

10-16-2013, 06:00 AM	#32
Phil Masters Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: U.K.	Re: Gambling in 2100? Canonically, betting on future events - or at least treating making predictions about them as a game - can be and is used in-setting as a tool of futurology. (Weltspiel, in Broken Dreams.) As I recall, John Brunner got there first, some years ago. __________________ -- Phil Masters My Home Page. My Self-Publications: On Warehouse 23 and On DriveThruRPG.