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minus-squareCIA_chatbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoNo shit you dumbfucks, prediction markets incentivize a fuck load of illegal shit and corruption and should be banned
minus-squareThorry@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoEven if it were all above board, it’s just gambling and should be heavily restricted just as all other forms of betting.
minus-squarenullspace@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI’m against gambling, but at least with slot machines and poker tables there isn’t a cash incentive to go light the forest on fire.
No shit you dumbfucks, prediction markets incentivize a fuck load of illegal shit and corruption and should be banned
Even if it were all above board, it’s just gambling and should be heavily restricted just as all other forms of betting.
I’m against gambling, but at least with slot machines and poker tables there isn’t a cash incentive to go light the forest on fire.