$400,000 payout after Maduro’s capture puts prediction markets in the spotlight
Prediction markets allow people to bet on everything from a basketball game to the outcome of a presidential election — and recently, the fall of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. The latter is attracting renewed attention in this murky world of 24/7 speculative trading. Last week, an anonymous trader pocketed more than $400,000 after betting … Read more