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by chillfox 41 days ago
I used to work for a sports betting company that identified individuals who were a little too good. The key is to remember that they are addicts and will bet on events regardless of if they have insider knowledge or not, so you have to account for this and not only identify the individuals with insider knowledge, but also what events they have that knowledge about and what they don't.
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Do people here and the WSJ comprehend though that they are giving Polymarket free publicity to farm addicts?
This is like saying that "Supersize me" is free publicity for MacDonalds.
No such thing as bad publicity? I would bet that McDonalds saw an uptick in sales after the release of SSM.
every casino's business model is about get-in-the-door appeal in order to fish out a handful of very lucrative whales. polymarket included. so no they're not really comparable.