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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction market” bets | Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson. (arstechnica.com)
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[–] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Why can't these people just go to casinos and lose everything on blackjack and roulette like normal gambling addicts?

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because you can’t control blackjack and roulette.

[–] Bababasti@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not with that attitude you can’t

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

We should have Kalshi bets on whether these people will ever be able to break their gambling addictions.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

You mean go outside the house? Like some sort of peasant without the internet?