The numbers don't lie, but they alone don't tell where the money came from, hence the "explanations" that you posted at the end. Those explanations do not back you up. You never read them properly, did you?
I'm not upset in the slightest, I'm delighted they lost and prevented mayhem. I've also not changed the context at all. You've selectively quoted from a post that was about "the bigger picture" if they won and basically said "look, you're prediction never came true when they lost". As I said, thanks for playing.
Aye, right. [emoji1787] I was really meaning to cover the costs incurred, or at least part of them. Not really feasible though, as there are businesses that would need reimbursed for their costs too. We can but dream, though.