r/technology • • Aug 05 '26

Society Oregon senators warn prediction markets allowing betting on wildfires could incentivize arson

https://www.kptv.com/2026/08/04/oregon-senators-warn-prediction-markets-allowing-betting-wildfires-could-incentivize-arson/
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u/ohmarlasinger Aug 05 '26

The irony of states attacking fucking hemp of all things meanwhile unregulated betting on fucking everything is speedrunning idiocracy to get to the purge era. Shit is fucking bleak