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underseacables ◴[] No.42130248[source]
I think the key factor here is that the website allowed Americans to bet on the political market. Which I still don't quite understand, the FBI waiting until after the election for this. Why didn't they go after them sooner?

Feels wrong.

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[] No.42130346[source]
> Which I still don't quite understand, the FBI waiting until after the election for this. Why didn't they go after them sooner?

Because the conspiracy theorists wouldn't have gone to town if the market predicting Trump's win were shut down before the election?

Polymarket hit popular imagination in the summer of 2023 with the Titan submersible [1]. American political betting didn't hit papers until earlier this year. We're well within normal FBI timelines for executing a first search.

[1] https://polymarket.com/event/will-the-missing-submarine-be-f...