The Playboy Advisor
October, 1963
The following two-part question, which evolved from a late-night bull session, is merely theoretical but we'd like to get the playboy view on it. Here goes: (A) Suppose you are going to the races and a friend gives you $20 to bet on a particular horse. You get to the track and make the bet, but after the race is under way you discover that you've bought the wrong ticket. As fate would have it, the "wrong" horse wins and the ticket which you bought by mistake pays $670. Now what, ethica...