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Polymarket and similar platforms are a cancer and need to be shut down. This is an early symptom of something that will become much, much worse in an increasing manner. Stories like these make more people aware of the platform, adding users and further degrading humanity.

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It's gambling which has been a bane forever. It poisoned the NBA even before the internet.

It's far worse than regular gambling

People are getting death threats for writing news articles as part of their job. How is this comparable?

Profession athletes get threats for winning games which is part of their job. It's exactly the same.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/09/sport/athlete-abuse-betting-s...

Fair. I suppose what's changed is the breadth/scope

It's impossible to shut them down without implementing completely totalitarian internet controls that would make even the Chinese government blush. That's the nature of the defi ecosystem.

Making them illegal is perfectly sufficient. Underground gambling has always existed, it’s just not accessible so few people do it. A couple high profile convictions for criminals like the polymarket guy should help to limit bad actors

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