Prediction market platform Polymarket issued an apology for allowing users to place bets on the fate of American pilots aboard a U.S. fighter jet downed over Iran.
A two-seater F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down on Friday, according to a U.S. official. One crew member was rescued, but the other remains missing.
In a since-deleted market, users were able to wager on when the pilots might be rescued, with the majority predicting a Saturday rescue.
“US confirms pilots rescued by...?” the market read.
22 Comments
leftascenter@jlai.lu · 55 pts · 147d
Yet, this is fine...
https://polymarket.com/predictions/gaza
https://polymarket.com/predictions/Ukraine
https://polymarket.com/predictions/taiwan
jeffw@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 147d
Note that none of these (that I saw) included anything about the number of casualties, fatalities, the fate of any specific individual, etc.
Not saying I agree, but I imagine that’s their “line in the sand”
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 146d
Their line in the sand is entirely public-relations-driven.
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 143d
I mean, that's at least better than no line at all... wait, why am I defending these pieces of shit!?
ChadGPT2@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 147d
Polymarket is inherently unethical and should be banned. There’s no sense trying to draw a line anywhere. The whole endeavor is a perverse mockery of the human experience.
Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 146d
"Prediction market" is so frustrating to hear when it's apparently pronounced "another legalized grift"
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 146d
It's gambling, just as a "prediction market" on the outcome of football games is. Regulate it as such.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 147d
I don't see how that's any different from letting people bet on other stuff that they allow
Chee_Koala@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 147d
Yeah, why even apologize? This is what they do.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 146d
It can influence political events, and any coverage of those events. Reporters have already received death threats for writing news that didn't support an outcome that'd cause someone's bet to pay off.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 146d
Wages on how many children will die in a genocide? All fine
A (possible) single US military death?
Oohhh, I'm so sorry
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca · 15 pts · 146d
oh, this is where the line is?
MrSelfDestruct25@fedinsfw.app · 13 pts · 147d
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 146d
Polymarket creates a dangerous feedback loop, financially incentivizing certain political outcomes. It should be shut down.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 146d
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 146d
muxika@piefed.muxika.org · 9 pts · 147d
Betting on someone's escape or capture is how we get Bachman's The Running Man.
BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 147d
"It's cool."
- Republicans
core@leminal.space · 4 pts · 146d
They're sorry someone complained
tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 146d
It's clear gambling is destructive to peoples lives, why put on airs? This is the insincere time warner two finger nipple rub.
KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 146d
Trump's boys. Criminal shit bags just like their daddy.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 146d
I wonder if anyone's "Trump converts to Islam on Easter Sunday" bet has paid out...
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 146d
evenglow@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 147d
Stock market doesn't like competition.
kokesh@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 147d
So we can't bet on the odds of a terrorist being captured?