arbiter/escrow agent for hire

[Scott Brickner]

bryce at digicash.com writes:
>3.  My fee per bet is USD5.00 or FIM50.00, or cyb7000.00.  
>This is for "simple", winner-take-all bets.  For other
>arrangements, make me an offer.

Wouldn't it be more reasonable for the fee to be something like 2%?  It
seems odd that to have a $2 bet settled you'd need to pay $5.  And
since the ante is required before the bet is formalized, why not just
take your cut out of the winnings?