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PowerElectronixtoday at 3:58 PM2 repliesview on HN

Not fools, these bets are usually very close to a fair market price. But people are not willing to wager millions of dollars on the temperature registered in a certain place at a certain time. Or on if hezbollah missiles impact Israel land or whatever.


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bobthepandatoday at 4:07 PM

The latter kind of prediction has become less desirable to bet on ever since the shenanigans around whether or not Maduro's kidnapping counted as an invasion of Venezuela.

ambicaptertoday at 5:18 PM

What fair market price are you talking about? The price decided by the prediction market?

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