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It’s all fun and games until someone loses a billion.

GameStop, which briefly went from terminal decline to the center of the investing universe four years ago, is back on Wall Street’s radar. Instead of being the instrument of inexperienced “YOLO” traders who ambushed hedge funds, it’s doing the opposite—raising money from sophisticated investors and leaving its shareholders with the risk of ruin.