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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction market” bets | Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 109 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

No shit you dumbfucks, prediction markets incentivize a fuck load of illegal shit and corruption and should be banned

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[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

Given the texts between Daniel Cormier and Trump's kid, it's very obvious why they're allowing this and what extent they're willing to go to make money.

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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, just outlaw prediction markets that contain negative values. or political values, like who cares about weather predictions but anythijg that can change society needs a heavy block