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I very very briefly worked as a mathematician for a company that assessed and then recommended slot machines for regulatory approval.
It is completely incomprehensible how anyone can work in that industry when all the regulations are to make sure companies are stealing the right amount of money from people. All I ever did there was mathematically prove that it was impossible to ever win. Gambling is obviously predatory on the face of it, but being involved directly in ensuring that process goes smoothly is about as in your face as it gets, and everyone there was just like "yeah this is cool and normal."
Needless to say, I got out the instant I could. I only ever approved two actual machines and I'll never stop feeling guilty about it. I don't know how anyone who works in sports betting can live with themselves...
If you do a bad enough job, it's a very ethical thing to do. You're much more likely to take them down from the inside.
If only that were possible, all my work was double checked by a senior and we had to validate all the theoretical stuff with a few million runs of simulated games, and then validated again by the testing team who tests the physical machines. It was painfully rigorous, which is why I only ever did the two machines...