Not sure how what those numbers were is relevant. An example I'll use is if I bet $1 million on something that has .25 odds, the "paid out" for that would be 250k and the "handle" would be 1 mil. It doesn't mean 1mil was taken out of the economy. Lower odds are less contributions to the payout.
that's more than the whole economy combined. (considering the highest it ever got was around 210m) Sounds like you're misinterpreting what the numbers mean.
I think that it's good that the server has an unlimited supply of some things, such as almost all the items you buy in bulk. I use the server shops a ton, especially when using the blocks for my town, which as we all know, towns can take a lot of materials to build. Because of this, I don't want to see the server shops go. -08