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Biden Administration Orders Ban on Election Betting Markets
Breitbart ^ | 05/21/2024 | WENDELL HUSEBØ

Posted on 05/21/2024 9:47:51 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

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To: Red Badger

He the King.


21 posted on 05/21/2024 10:12:16 AM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I bet you 100 bucks that it simply moves offshore.

Fools. Barbara Streisand effect.


22 posted on 05/21/2024 10:13:12 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Tyranny at work. Something becoming a nuisance to you? Ban it.

Fine looking fellow, no conflict of interest here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostin_Behnam

23 posted on 05/21/2024 10:13:59 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (The Government that got us in this mess is not the Government that can get us out of it.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

biden and his gender crap- Kevin nails it again

Kevin Sorbo

@sorbo

Get some roosters for eggs,
Raise some bulls for milk,
Then you will see that gender matters!
Especially at milking time.


24 posted on 05/21/2024 10:16:45 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Red Badger

The dictator has spoken!


25 posted on 05/21/2024 10:22:13 AM PDT by DownInFlames (p)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden makes a panicked move and shuts down a stream of bad names - Surrender Monkeys’ response - “More evidence, I take it, that the fix is in?”

“It will rain somewhere in America tomorrow.”
Surrender Monkeys’ response - “More evidence, I take it, that the fix is in?”

“Trump pulls ahead nationally by 12 points in Rasmussen Poll”

Surrender Monkeys’ response - More evidence, I take it, that the fix is in?

“Crime Boss Joey’s brother Uncle Jimmy and his wife Sara are indicted.”
Surrender Monkeys’ response - More evidence, I take it, that the fix is in?


26 posted on 05/21/2024 10:22:43 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I seem to recall them favoring Kerry heavily on election day, prior to the announcement of the trouncing he took. Soros probably lost a lot of lunch money on that gimmick.


27 posted on 05/21/2024 10:24:32 AM PDT by xoxox
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Whyever would he do this? πŸ€”


28 posted on 05/21/2024 10:24:47 AM PDT by Pajamajan (Pray for our nation. Never be a peaceful slave in a new Socialist America..)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If Biden were the odds-on favorite, the betting markets not only wouldn’t be banned, they’d be promoted.


29 posted on 05/21/2024 10:28:34 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: nitzy
They won’t ban polling because they are rigged but they will ban betting because it is more accurate.

Betting markets have been more accurate than polls for a long time. Money talks.

30 posted on 05/21/2024 10:34:05 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Kind of strange that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is involved.

Elections are a Commodity?

Much closer to sports betting, in my mind.

I see TV programs dedicated to sports betting, so it must already be under some level of federal supervision.


31 posted on 05/21/2024 10:34:44 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

β€˜All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.’ —George Orwell


32 posted on 05/21/2024 10:38:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ. FJB.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

can the administration do this?

It is like saying no more hamburger joint.

these are businesses.


33 posted on 05/21/2024 10:41:48 AM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Basically just put sites like Predictt out of business.


34 posted on 05/21/2024 10:53:01 AM PDT by reed13k
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To: Tennessee Nana

That sort of figures in my favorite episode of Danger Man about halfway in.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0553854/


35 posted on 05/21/2024 11:02:17 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: uranium penguin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_Futures_Trading_Commission

The Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), 7 U.S.C. Β§ 1 et seq., prohibits fraudulent conduct in the trading of futures, swaps, and other derivatives. The stated mission of the CFTC is to promote the integrity, resilience, and vibrancy of the U.S. derivatives markets through sound regulation.[5] After the financial crisis of 2007–08 and since 2010 with the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the CFTC has been transitioning to bring more transparency and sound regulation to the multitrillion-dollar swaps market.[6][citation needed]


lets stop it, it might have too much transparency.


36 posted on 05/21/2024 11:23:06 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The last two elections were the two most gambled on events in history. Much of the world can legally bet on it except in the US.

This guy is an idiot. Betting is allowed in this country under the guise of it being an academic pursuit. Academically, they have tiny limits. This is akin to banning flipping baseball cards.


37 posted on 05/21/2024 11:30:36 AM PDT by Freest Republican (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
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To: Chickensoup

They already proved to us that they can do exactly that -— no more hamburger joint for you -— during the covid quarantine overreach.


38 posted on 05/21/2024 11:33:25 AM PDT by LTC.Ret (I was MAGA when MAGA wasn't cool)
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To: xoxox

Bush was around the 3/2 betting favorite despite being less of a favorite in the polls.


39 posted on 05/21/2024 11:34:03 AM PDT by Freest Republican (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by imbeciles)
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Dang it! I always check the odds. Not that I’m a betting man, but the odds on favorite might be more accurate than polling... unless there’s a steal.


40 posted on 05/21/2024 12:11:26 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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