The Dark Knight

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Originally Posted by Jeritron Plus he burnt that whole pile, and said he was only burning his half. That means there was another half of the money Lao hid somewhere else. Perhaps he burnt that secret with Lao to fuck them over. Or perhaps the pile was ALL the money and in his mind he only burnt his half, but it caught onto their half as well. But the questions still remains, why was it HIS HALF? And why did the Chechen confirm that half the money was his for the taking? See what I'm saying?

Gamble was dead. Maroni was dead. So there were two of the staunchest opponents to the Joker taken out of the picture. The Italian or Chechen (is that even a nationality? that can't be spelt right) or whatever wanted to hire the Joker in the first place. So he would not object to giving him money, having Lao returned. Joker kills him anyway, so it was probably the whole pile of money, which in Joker's mind could've been "his half" (ie all the money is his, since he retrieved Lao and probably got access to where he was keeping it).