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Ed discusses with Wall Street Journal reporters the controversial advertising practices of Polymarket and the implications of prediction markets.

In this week’s Better Offline, Ed talks with the Wall Street Journal’s Caitlin Ostroff and Katherine Long about how Polymarket is working with influencers to show videos of fake bets cashing out - and how the prediction markets have grown into a large, barely-regulated operation. Please support me by subscribing to my premium newsletter - here’s $10 off your first year of annual https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/84rt762qen   They Looked Like They Were Getting Rich on Polymarket—but None of It Was Real - https://www.wsj.com/business/media/polymarket-social-media-bets-prediction-market-441cdeb5?st=57dR12&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink   Caitlin Ostroff  https://x.com/ceostroff https://bsky.app/profile/ceostroff.bsky.social https://www.wsj.com/news/author/caitlin-ostroff Katherine Long https://bsky.app/profile/klong.bsky.social https://x.com/ByKLong https://www.wsj.com/news/author/katherine-long YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code  FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more. Buy our new “FUCK DATA…

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