Polymarket’s dumbest betting market

China, If You're Listening by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Jul 28, 20260:21:00News & Politics

On Polymarket, you can bet on almost anything. Today Matt is speaking to Supervising Producer Kara Jensen-Mackinnon about one of the strangest markets the site has ever run: one that turned WNBA games into a target for f...

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