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These days, you can quite literally invest in your own future.

These days, you can quite literally invest in your own future. A couple of recent college graduates have set up a business called Ultrinsic.com that allows students to bet on their own grades. Students with low grade point averages have long odds for getting an A in a particular course, so they stand to make more money if they do. But students can also bet they'll earn poor grades. Some college officials are up in arms about it.

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