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sanitation@sanitation@lemmy.today
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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction market” bets | Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/senators-demand-crackdown-on-wildfire-prediction-markets/
Ars TechnicaSenators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" betsFire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.
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JcbAzPx@JcbAzPx@lemmy.world
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We’ve had major wildfires started by part time firefighters looking to create some work for themselves. Wildfire gambling is pretty much guaranteed to turn all of our countryside into ash.

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potoooooooo 🥔@ivanafterall@lemmy.world
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I bet you it won’t.

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