The specific quantitative definition of a longshot bet with its 2,500 threshold feels like an arbitrary line in the sand. Who exactly benefits from drawing the boundary right there, given how easily it could be circumvented by anyone with a real motive to hide something? If the goal is truly to detect something like insider trading, someone with an incentive to cheat will just make two trades of 1,500 each instead of one $3,000 one. This makes the strict definition more about convenient analysis for the sponsor than actual practical detection, as it won't stop the truly motivated. It’s hard to trust a definition that seems so easy to game.