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Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets

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Re: Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets

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Post by chneu »

gwerbin wrote: post #9
nkrisc wrote: post #8

Gambling addicts will really gamble on anything, won’t they? It’s a bit strange to see degenerate gambling dressed up as “predictions”.

This looks less like gambling addiction and more like a scam executed for profit.

Yes, gambling. That's literally what gambling is, a scam.

Re: Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets

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Post by qup »

chneu wrote: post #11
gwerbin wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This looks less like gambling addiction and more like a scam executed for profit.

Yes, gambling. That's literally what gambling is, a scam.

Gambling takes many forms.

If you and I flip a coin for $100, there's no scam.

Re: Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets

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Post by testing22321 »

qup wrote: post #13
chneu wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, gambling. That's literally what gambling is, a scam.

Gambling takes many forms. If you and I flip a coin for $100, there's no scam.

Sooner or later someone will rig the coin

Re: Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets

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Post by lelandfe »

moi2388 wrote: post #10
hilariously wrote: post #5

"It sucks that someone potentially tricked a temperature sensor with a hairdryer to scam actual gamblers out of potential winnings" really missed a chance to say it blows.

That’s rather dry humour for such a hairy situation

It went over my head, but I think they’re full of hot air anyway.

Re: Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets

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Post by alansaber »

nkrisc wrote: post #8

Gambling addicts will really gamble on anything, won’t they? It’s a bit strange to see degenerate gambling dressed up as “predictions”.

We rename everything to make it cooler to sell. Probably been a thing since the times of the sea people.

Re: Someone allegedly used a hairdryer to rig Polymarket weather bets

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Post by wongarsu »

gwerbin wrote: post #9
nkrisc wrote: post #8

Gambling addicts will really gamble on anything, won’t they? It’s a bit strange to see degenerate gambling dressed up as “predictions”.

This looks less like gambling addiction and more like a scam executed for profit.

This instance is what you could call a scam, maybe even fraud. But in the absence of manipulation or insider knowledge predicting the weather is pretty close to gambling. As is "does bitcoin go up or down in the next five minutes" or "how many tweets will Elon Musk post in the next couple days" (all real bets on Polymarket)
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