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title: "Digits: Twitter math, sports betting, and more"
description: "Plus: The Wii U’s anniversary, and a railroad strike."
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# [Digits: Twitter math, sports betting, and more](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/news/11212022-digits)

 Written by [Jacob Cohen](https://hs-sbup.thehustle.co/news/author/jacob-cohen) | Nov 21, 2022 9:49:15 AM

**1)** Russians Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova were arrested for heading Z-Library, a piracy site hosting [**11m+ ebooks**](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/two-russian-nationals-charged-running-massive-e-book-piracy-website)**.** The site went viral on TikTok, with students promoting it as the go-to spot for free textbooks.

**2) **Assuming Twitter were to hit 250m daily active users, and 1% of them were to pay for an $8/mo. subscription to the app, Apple would notch [**$72m in commission revenue**](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-11-20/apple-google-to-serve-as-gatekeepers-and-beneficiaries-of-8-twitter-blue-laph0obf) within one year; Google would make $36m.

**3) **Today, two of America’s largest railroad unions will announce whether their members voted in favor of a new wage deal. If rejected, it could lead to a strike of [**~60k railroad workers**](https://www.wsj.com/articles/biggest-railroad-unions-count-votes-as-threat-of-strike-looms-11668918310?mod=hp_lista_pos2).

**4) **Sports betting site FanDuel projects its market will grow to $22.6B by 2030. The company commands a [**42% market share**](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/17/fanduel-to-new-rivals-good-luck-youre-going-to-need-it.html), but will likely see fierce competition from Fanatics, the $27B+ merchandise company planning to roll out gambling services next year.

**5) **Almost exactly 10 years ago, Nintendo released the Wii U. The company sold [**13.56m units**](https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/11/10-years-later-the-wii-u-is-still-deeply-weird-and-we-love-it/) of the console, which paled in comparison to its predecessor, the Wii, which sold 101m units. Still, people seem to have a soft spot for it.

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