eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoNews Organizations Like CBS Embracing Prediction Markets as “Journalism” Is a Deep Moral Disgrace: Prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi operate in a regulatory vacuum.futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1400arrow-down13
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minus-squareinari@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·10 days agoThe problem is they report betting odds as probabilities that something will happen instead of what they really are: pure guesses
minus-squarematt1126@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 days agoIf someone haven’t already, someone should see how these gambling sites compare to random chance
minus-squareSillyDude@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·10 days agoSomeone should see how many of the winning gambles were based on insider information.
The problem is they report betting odds as probabilities that something will happen instead of what they really are: pure guesses
If someone haven’t already, someone should see how these gambling sites compare to random chance
Someone should see how many of the winning gambles were based on insider information.