Help! The twins and the bet

[drjuliehoward]

No: HPFGUIDX 87785


> Lady Pensieve wrote:
> >Let's look at OOP - the twins, still in school, put money down on 
a 
> >shop in a very expensive area and began working on 
their 'product'.  
> >That's quite the gamble.
> 
> Derek:
> There's a big difference between starting a business (an endeavor
> over which you have control) and betting on a sporting event 
(something
> over which you have no control at all).  I don't think the former 
is
> "gambling" in the same sense as the latter at all.  :-)
> 
I agree with Derek.  Their joke shop had at least two years and 
probably more of "research" behind it.  They were constantly trying 
new things and trying them out on students, who then would be the 
main ones to buy their jokes anyway.  That isn't a gamble; risk, 
maybe, but not a gamble.

The one thing about their bet at the world cup that still makes me 
believe there is more to it than just educated Quidditch fans is how 
specific their bet was.  Going with the point spread is one thing... 
but that specific?  Given that JKR doesn't waste words, I still 
believe there is a clue or at least foreshadowing embedded in that.

Julie