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  1. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    A vast casino
    Casino capitalism taken further: speculative gambling on war and oil

    * “The Western financial system is rapidly coming to resemble nothing as much as a vast casino.” >>
    Strange, Susan. [1986] 1997. Casino Capitalism. Manchester, U.K.: Manchester University Press.
    manchesterhive.com/display/978

    * "The proliferation of online betting markets like Polymarket and Kalshi has allowed bets on virtually any news event, including the Iran war."

    “But many of them bear the hallmarks of suspicious trades that would naturally warrant investigation.”

    “It’s a wild west phase, when we’re talking about the prediction market industry, and now it’s spilled over into the stock market as well,." >>
    theguardian.com/world/2026/apr

    #CasinoCapitalism #deregulation #FinancialLandscape #risks #financialisation #UnregulatedExcesses #war #oil #regulation #UnfetteredGreed #WildWest #risks #crime #InsiderKnowledge

    #casinocapitalism #deregulation #financiallandscape #risks #unregulatedexcesses #war
  2. BellingenNSW @[email protected] ·

    Placing bets on war, suffering and environmental destruction
    Speculating on online prediction markets is rapidly becoming a feature of modern warfare.

    Bets on US-Iran ceasefire show signs of insider knowledge, say experts "New online accounts on Polymarket platform betting a total of $70,000 suggest ‘some degree of inside info." >>
    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m

    Anonymous gamblers have made millions betting on the events of the Middle East war, prompting US politicians to call for a ban on such speculation. >>
    abc.net.au/news/2026-03-11/ira

    #war #speculation #MilitaryConflicts #ConfidentialInformation #InsiderInformation #InsiderKnowledge #gambling #warfare #GamblingService #PredictionMarket #InsiderTrading #crime #regulation #necropolitics #Deathworlds

    #war #speculation #militaryconflicts #insiderinformation #insiderknowledge #gambling
  3. Hacker News @[email protected] ·

    Bets on US-Iran ceasefire show signs of insider knowledge, say experts

    theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m

    #HackerNews #Bets #USIran #Ceasefire #InsiderKnowledge #Experts #Polymarket

    #hackernews #bets #usiran #ceasefire #insiderknowledge #experts