Long lasting depression of the stock market is to be contrasted with the fresh boom in the betting exchanges. Financial bets and digital options are becoming more and more popular particularly among risk-loving private investors. On the one hand, numerous small investors are still deeply disappointed as a result of the stock exchange crash, particularly as at the high point of the stock exchange fever at the end of the 90’s, there was a progressive decline in the previous upward market trend as a result of the discovery of the concealed actual value of the securities.