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by csarsam 3932 days ago
> I really don't understand why I can't be allowed to speculate/gamble/hedge on geopolitical events.

There was an interesting Planet Money episode lately about the history of betting on US presidential elections - http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/08/21/433557935/episo....

It hadn't occurred to me before how much participation in the public sphere gambling could (and previously did) generate.