Polymarket was harshly criticized by a Democratic representative for letting users wager on when the US will certify the rescue of Air Force personnel shot down over Iran.
Representative Seth Moulton posted on social media on Friday, saying, “They may be your neighbor,a friend, a family member.Additionally,many are placing bets on their chances of being saved.President Donald Trump declared early on Sunday that the second service member, a weapons system officer, had been saved. “This is DISGUSTING.”
Moulton also mentioned that Donald Trump Jr. is an investor and called Polymarket a “dystopian death market.Recently, the congressman prohibited his employees from taking part in prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
In response, Polymarket said that the market had been pulled down “immediately” for failing to uphold the company’s integrity criteria.
The business stated, “We are looking into how this got past our internal protections and it should not have been released.”
Hundreds of millions of dollars were previously exchanged on Polymarket for contract related to the US & Israel’s bombing of Iran.
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