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minus-squarevodka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoThe platform puts up the bets, and you can “buy” a share in the “future prediction” Basically you put in a sum on one option, buying a % of the winnings if that option is the one that the platform decides won.
minus-squarecertified_expert@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoHold on… so somebody in the company defines the bets? Like bombing dates and stuff? Users just get to pick whatever is available?
minus-squarevodka@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoUsers suggest things, but yes the platform is in charge of what bets are available.
minus-squareAkuchimoya@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoGood God, of all the ways one could gamble, this sounds like playing Russian roulette with five bullets loaded in the revolver.
The platform puts up the bets, and you can “buy” a share in the “future prediction”
Basically you put in a sum on one option, buying a % of the winnings if that option is the one that the platform decides won.
Hold on… so somebody in the company defines the bets? Like bombing dates and stuff? Users just get to pick whatever is available?
Users suggest things, but yes the platform is in charge of what bets are available.
Good God, of all the ways one could gamble, this sounds like playing Russian roulette with five bullets loaded in the revolver.