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'Bone-Chilling': Gamblers ‘Vowing to Kill’ Journalist Unless He Changes Iran War Report to Help Them Win Polymarket Bet (www.commondreams.org)

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[–] vodka@feddit.org 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The platform puts up the bets, and you can "buy" a share in the "future prediction"

Basically you put in a sum on one option, buying a % of the winnings if that option is the one that the platform decides won.

[–] certified_expert@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Hold on... so somebody in the company defines the bets? Like bombing dates and stuff? Users just get to pick whatever is available?

[–] vodka@feddit.org 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Users suggest things, but yes the platform is in charge of what bets are available.

[–] Akuchimoya@startrek.website 2 points 10 hours ago

Good God, of all the ways one could gamble, this sounds like playing Russian roulette with five bullets loaded in the revolver.