A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the United States would confirm the rescue of Air Force service members shot down over Iran.
A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the United States would confirm the rescue of Air Force service members shot down over Iran.
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ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 90 pts · 130d
Remember kids, profit off a downed pilot and you’re a monster
Make a profit off 175 dead Iranian Schoolchildren and you’re on the DOW
spagbolioli@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 129d
the dow is over 50,000
errer@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 130d
No bets should be placed on any of the events of the war given we can’t trust either side to present any factual information.
NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 130d
i might have to check out this polymarket thing.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 130d
It sounds great, if you have insider information.
IronBird@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 129d
tbh the real money is on knowing how to arbitrage a spread
spacesatan@leminal.space · -6 pts · 130d
You can also bet on stuff that nobody has insider information on. You know, if you're an adult and you're capable of judging your own risk tolerance.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 130d
I admit I’ve been a bit curious since I’ve been hearing about it so goddamn much recently it seems.
Can I use this with a desktop/browser or is it phone/app only?
spacesatan@leminal.space · 5 pts · 130d
Both I think. Idk I'm on kalshi because polymarket is technically banned in the US and I can't be bothered with crypto. The second polymarket has a market on some variation of 'Trump dies of natural causes before leaving office by other means' I'll consider the hoops worth jumping through.
YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 129d
Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 129d
Is that one of Polymarket's categories of bets? The "no insider trading here" category?
spacesatan@leminal.space · -1 pts · 129d
If you can't figure that out on your own then you probably shouldn't bet on it.
Infrapink@thebrainbin.org · 7 pts · 130d
Basically:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiCl7j9mowk
LettyWhiterock@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 128d
Gambling on the fate of a member of a fascist military seems pretty morally neutral.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 128d
And meanwhile, gambling on the Iran wars and child murders that is aaaalll fine, those are brown people