A Boring Dystopia

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People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster (www.cnn.com)

submitted 2 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I used one to bet on a football game when they first came out, but all the non-sports things to gamble on gave me the ick pretty fast. I’m not even a big gambler but if I decide to add some extra spice to a game i plan to watch in the future I’m just going to a sports book, casinos are scummy as hell but for the most part gaming regulations are followed on at least a surface level and you can’t win money on the purposeful suffering of other people or something equally tragic. Or you couldnt last I checked

The ubiquity of gambling culture is killing sports too, which is also much less of a danger but speaks to how when completely unchecked it will ruin everything. I don’t know too many fans of any sport that don’t at least kinda think things are so out of hand it’s calling the legitimacy of the game into question

[–] architect@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 days ago

Into question? lol that ship sailed years ago. It’s all as fake as reality tv now.