noumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoA new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction marketswww.axios.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1353
arrow-up1353external-linkA new Polymarket account bet $30K on Maduro's capture just hours before Trump's announcement, renewing questions on insider information in prediction marketswww.axios.comnoumenon@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squarebarnaclebutt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days agoWhy the fuck would they pay out on such obvious Insider information?
minus-squareAnivia@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-23 days agoBecause they profit off the insider bets, and not paying out would make their users distrust them. Or are you expecting a gambling platform to put morals above profit?
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 days agoIt kinda makes me wonder if they’d actually nullify the assassin loophole. Bet big that target won’t do a thing they’re definitely going to do. Assassinate them before they do it, collect the gamble bounty. (Allegedly one of the services has nullified one of these before, even though it was coincidental)
minus-squareAstaKask@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 days agoBecause these sites are grifts used to scam people with gambling addiction and launder money for criminals.
Why the fuck would they pay out on such obvious Insider information?
Because they profit off the insider bets, and not paying out would make their users distrust them. Or are you expecting a gambling platform to put morals above profit?
It kinda makes me wonder if they’d actually nullify the assassin loophole.
Bet big that target won’t do a thing they’re definitely going to do. Assassinate them before they do it, collect the gamble bounty.
(Allegedly one of the services has nullified one of these before, even though it was coincidental)
Because these sites are grifts used to scam people with gambling addiction and launder money for criminals.