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USA | You can now legally bet on the 2024 elections

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Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip • 13 days ago

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You can now legally bet on the 2024 elections

fortune.com

The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb in Washington permitted the only legally sanctioned bets on U.S. elections by an American jurisdiction.

The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb in Washington permitted the only legally sanctioned bets on U.S. elections by an American jurisdiction.

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20240913134059/https://fortune.com/2024/09/12/betting-elections-legal-united-states-2024-congressional-race/

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2F2024%2F09%2F12%2Fbetting-elections-legal-united-states-2024-congressional-race%2F

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tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
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13 days ago
I bet we're fucked.

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  Nobody's taking that bet: the odds aren't playable.
  
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