Renting hashpower?

I have played with this through a couple different places, including Nicehash, and I have done a bunch of math, and I have one question: why on Earth would anyone ever do this? Near as I can tell, aside from renting large quantities for a short period in hoping to get a block (which is a crap shoot), over time it will never actually pay off. Am I missing something here?

submitted by /u/mvandemar
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