Is this a problem of the game i.e. being able to bet on anything (someone’s decision) or problem of someone having insider knowledge/influence on decision and allowed to play? In your casino example it’s dealer who is banned, not the roulette itself.

For example insider trading is regulated, following Polymarket’s takedown logic we should ban all trading.

In other words, would this bet be a problem if decision makers were banned from betting or profiting on it?

Dude is fighting with entire NATO for 4 years without NATO even knowing about this. Give him a break

Can someone ELI5 how is it a real problem?

Like, Bezos and other corpos will bet on Polymarket and then bribe lobby Trump to nuke Iran for profit? Is this the plot we are afraid of? If so Polymarket is not the problem here.

Edit: to be clear, Polymarket is cancer, but I’m confused how this particular case different from any other

Most insane to me is that, it’s EU who will have to deal with humanitarian crisis and spend more money supporting Ukraine to offset Russia’s oil profits from increasing prices.

Call me crazy but US seems to have more interest in supporting Russia’s war and destabilizing EU than destroying Iran’s regime. As part of this operation at least