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Trump Says World Becoming a ‘Casino’ as Soldier Charged Over Polymarket Maduro Bets
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he wasn't happy about the growing influence of prediction markets, after U.S. authorities charged a soldier with exploiting classified information to place profitable bets tied to the removal of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “You know, the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino and you look at what’s going on all over the world in Europe and every place they’re doing these betting things. I was never much in favour of it,” he told reporters in the Oval Office. tweet “I don’t like it conceptually but it is what it is. I think that ... (full story)
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