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Re:Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No ... by jfengel on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @07:33AM (#47764231)
Stock markets also want to keep executives honest. When the insider can affect the outcome, it creates bad motives. They don't want the CEO selling a bunch of puts, then deliberately tanking the stock. Not for the other bettors, but because the institution is about business.

Prediction markets are doing a bit of that. Some won't take bets on an assassination.

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Re:Nothing Ever Happens: Polymarket bot that always buys No ... by slashdev on Tuesday April 14, 2026 @10:07AM (#47765861)
You can bet on assassination. There are polymarket prediction markets for leaders of many countries where you can bet on if they will cease to be the leader by X date, for any reason.

If they get assassinated, those markets will resolve to yes. At least the rules don't specifically exclude that.

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