I thought the rapidity with which the third person was described to have taken the funds in escrow and declared, “You wait” indicated that she (and you) had seen the problem pointed out by Wei_Dai and moved to block it. (Silly me?)
I wasn’t trying to indicate anything with the third person. Sorry for the confusion. I just thought that it would be hard to end the story without describing where the money goes, since the prediction I was referencing was not going to be answered for a year.
From the OP:
The players had money left over. They only put in 16 of 50 dollars.
I thought the rapidity with which the third person was described to have taken the funds in escrow and declared, “You wait” indicated that she (and you) had seen the problem pointed out by Wei_Dai and moved to block it. (Silly me?)
Here I thought it was just a joke about someone stealing the stakes.
I wasn’t trying to indicate anything with the third person. Sorry for the confusion. I just thought that it would be hard to end the story without describing where the money goes, since the prediction I was referencing was not going to be answered for a year.