hache man - my opinion is that touts are simply taking advantage of capitalism and more power to em. however, i do not believe that you should stiff people. if you have money to bet with, you should use that money to pay people back. clearly, he has money because he is betting. why isn't that money paying off his debts? why has it taken more than 6 months to pay these people? more power to MC if he is touting and making money. however, he should not begin his service until AFTER all debts have been paid.
you are right, of course, that people can do what they want with their money as they please...