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The betting market on war is “worse than insider trading,” one lawmaker said.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://truthout.org/articles/polymarket-takes-down-betting-on-nuclear-detonation-after-backlash/


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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 4 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Doesn't game theory suggest you should always bet that we're not going to all die?

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

It just adds another complexity to the bet that there has to be enough apathy of that happening to an Arab country.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

800k could buy a lot of hard drugs, and those underground bunkers might last a few weeks

[–] bestonecrazy@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

"WE WILL ALL GO TOGETHER WHEN WE GO!" - Tom Lehrer, Satirist and Harvard Mathematician(1928-2025).

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 19 points 6 hours ago

If you're betting on Polymarket and you're not an insider, you'll lose in the long run.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 41 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

These cancer platforms need to be shutdown...

[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 15 points 8 hours ago

Good then trump can't use it to bet on himself to press the button.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 hours ago

The betting market on war is just an auction for bombing things.

And it sounds be treated as such.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago

Well now that I can't make money on Polymarket, I have no reason to start a nuclear war anymore. The world is saved.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 7 points 9 hours ago

Yeah something tells me its still going to do immoral shit. Especially the after backlash bit. Thats a problem.