Spain joins list of more than 30 countries that have banned Polymarket
Many users continue to use the platform, dodging restrictions thanks to VPN networks that camouflage their true location
FBI Director Kash Patel faces accusations of excessive alcohol consumption
The official denies reports that describe him as a drinker and forcing agency officers to undergo polygraph tests
A Grammy winner, a journalist, a firefighter: The Democrats’ biggest bets to win the US midterms
The opposition party expands the list of swing districts under Republican control, where it hopes to win with candidates who are relative newcomers to politics and have moderate views
From a soldier with insider information to rigged thermometers: The multimillion-dollar scams on Polymarket
The arrest of a US military officer who participated in Maduro’s capture and the investigation in France into the tampering of thermometers at Charles de Gaulle Airport are the latest incidents of misconduct in the prediction market
US soldier involved in Maduro’s capture charged after winning $400,000 from prediction bets
Military officer Gannon Ken Van Dyke used Polymarket to bet on actions in Venezuela that he helped carry out
Experts call for tighter controls on prediction markets: ‘They pose underappreciated threats to democratic integrity’
A ‘Science’ article warns of the scant regulation governing platforms that allow betting on current events and urges a legal response comparable to the one applied to tobacco companies or social‑media giants
Shayne Coplan, Generation Z’s first major billionaire
Polymarket, the platform founded by the young New York entrepreneur, has just been valued at $8 billion
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