The Business Of Betting On Murder with Sen. Chris Murphy
About this episode
The episode discusses the controversial practice of betting on violent events, featuring insights from Sen. Chris Murphy.
As bombs started to fall on Iran, some Americans cashed in by placing bets on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. These bets paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars to users who almost certainly had inside information about the exact timing of the attacks. Similar bets were made on the assassination of Iran's Ayatollah, turning an act of murder into a commodity. As these markets have come to embrace acts of violence, often rife with insider trading, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connectic...
People in this episode
Guest: Sen. Chris Murphy
Topics covered
- prediction markets
- insider trading
- violence commodification
- betting
- politics
- Iran
Keywords
- betting
- murder
- prediction markets
- insider information
- violence
- politics
- Iran
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Polymarket, Kalshi
Places: Iran
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