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$3 Million vs cost to repair/rebuild casino with a five story crater - which was the better choice economically?

They would've caught the guy eventually, so they may have been able to recover some of the ransom.

Fair point, but the other part of the game theory equation is deterrence - by paying the ransom, you might encourage others to copy the crime, even if many of them get eventually caught.

Word gets out you paid a $3m ransom for a bomb and bombs start appearing everywhere.

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