{"id":3777,"date":"2026-04-04T05:26:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3777"},"modified":"2026-04-04T05:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:26:33","slug":"polymarket-ripped-for-taking-bets-on-fate-of-downed-f-15-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=3777","title":{"rendered":"Polymarket ripped for taking bets on fate of downed F-15 pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) ripped Polymarket on Friday after the popular prediction market platform allowed users to place bets on the fate of a missing American F-15 fighter pilot shot down over Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The since-deleted market offered degenerates the opportunity to wager on what date the US would confirm that the downed airman had been found \u2013 with most (63%) predicting that they wouldn\u2019t be rescued until Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is DISGUSTING,\u201d Moulton fumed on X, sharing a screenshot of the betting market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Fragments of a downed US jet on the ground in central Iran, according to Iranian state media. <span class=\"credit\">via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Polymarket allowed users to bet on the fate of a missing American F-15 fighter pilot shot down over Iran. <span class=\"credit\">SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moulton noted that the page went up amid \u201can ongoing search and rescue operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir safety is unknown,\u201d the congressman wrote. \u201cThey could be your neighbor, a friend, a family member.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnd people are betting on whether or not they\u2019ll be saved.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polymarket said the betting page should not have been allowed to go up and was removed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took this market down immediately as it does not meet our integrity standards,\u201d the company wrote on X.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt should not have been posted, and we are investigating how this slipped through our internal safeguards,\u201d it added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) fumed that the since-deleted market from Polymarket was \u201cDISGUSTING.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Polymarket allows users to place bets on a wide range of Iran war topics, such as whether US ground forces will be used and when a cease-fire may be announced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaking down this particular bet after I called it out can only be the first step,\u201d Moulton wrote in a subsequent post. \u201cThere are still 219 war bets active on your platform. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemove these immediately.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The company claims it does \u201cmake money or charge any fees on any geopolitical markets.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moulton\u2019s criticism of Polymarket comes after the company took heat from Democratic lawmakers earlier this month after six suspected insiders made $1.2 million on contracts tied to the strikes on Iran \u2013 including an alleged $550,000 windfall related to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cThey could be your neighbor, a friend, a family member,\u201d Molton wrote. \u201cAnd people are betting on whether or not they\u2019ll be saved.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sen. 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