Citizens will be unable to speak and act freely.
Surely, the obverse of risk aversion — a preference for risk — where one is willing to pay to participate in the probabilistic outcome is reckless; it is the behavior of a compulsive gambler and is, potentially, ruinous.
Remind yourself that this is only the beginning.
Importantly, zero gave us the concept of infinity: which was notably absent from the minds of ancient Greek logicians.