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Passages

(4,011 posts) Tue Mar 17, 2026, 10:13 PM 6 hrs ago

Senator Chris Murphy: The day before the Iran War, a flurry of big prediction market bets were placed

- likely from Trump staff - that the war would start the next day.

That's outrageous, and today @RepCasar and I introduced legislation to ban these corrupt prediction markets.

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Senator Chris Murphy: The day before the Iran War, a flurry of big prediction market bets were placed (Original Post) Passages 6 hrs ago OP

"Donald Trump Jr. has heavily invested in and advised major prediction market platforms, sop 6 hrs ago #1

Nope, nothing to see here. No corruption. Move along. Move along... Beartracks 4 hrs ago #2

Like the Black Sox scandal, except people died as part of the entertainment. hay rick 3 hrs ago #3

sop

(18,439 posts)

1. "Donald Trump Jr. has heavily invested in and advised major prediction market platforms,

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Tue Mar 17, 2026, 10:23 PM

6 hrs ago

notably becoming a strategic investor in Polymarket through his firm 1789 Capital and a paid adviser to competitor Kalshi. These investments, along with plans for a Trump family platform 'Truth Predict,' place him at the center of the growing, and sometimes controversial, election and event betting industry during his father's second term." (from the NYT)

Beartracks

(14,545 posts)

2. Nope, nothing to see here. No corruption. Move along. Move along...

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Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:29 AM

4 hrs ago

hay rick

(9,569 posts)

3. Like the Black Sox scandal, except people died as part of the entertainment.

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Wed Mar 18, 2026, 01:07 AM

3 hrs ago

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