The Dark Knight

[Jeritron]

Originally Posted by mitchanthropic 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).

Maroni wasn't dead yet at the time of the money burning. He ducked out because he tipped Gordon off about it. Gordon never made it to the ship the money was on because he got sidetracked by the hospital threat.
Which now that you point out, raises the question...why did Maroni tip Gordon off about the whereabouts of the Joker if his half of the money was there and would be in jeopardy?

But other than that great points