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Re:Prediction Markets: Tales from the Election by notahacker on Friday February 19, 2021 @01:15PM (#26196058)
Another example that springs to mind is a British bookmaker that ran a promotional betting offer on a fat lower division substitute goalkeeper eating a pie during a televised cup match.

The fat goalkeeper ate a pasty whilst sitting on the bench, and was promptly banned for a couple of months even without any evidence of financial gain for "intentionally influencing a betting market"

Re:Prediction Markets: Tales from the Election by roganartu on Friday February 19, 2021 @03:31PM (#26197696)
There was another example of this in Australia back in 2016 where some prediction markets offered a novelty bet on what colour tie one of the TV hosts would wear.

The host got wind of it and, for fun, changed ties at least five times throughout the evening.

https://twitter.com/sportsbetcomau/status/749219697359396864

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/federal-election-201...