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Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile... by gus_massa on Monday March 16, 2026 @10:10AM (#47399284)
If the value is insider information, and assuming it's legal, wouldn't it be better if the major newspaper offer a big pile of money to insiders that leak the data? At least there will be some level of ethical checking.
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Re:Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile... by chii on Monday March 16, 2026 @10:31AM (#47399552)
> wouldn't it be better if the major newspaper offer a big pile of money to insiders that leak the data?

so why would a newspaper pay money for information they cannot recover or monetize? Where would this money come from in the first place, because even if they wanted to do this out of altruism, they will simply run out of money after a while.

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