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A former member of the United States Congress was banned from a prediction market after a regulator found he made public statements to drive up the value of bets he already held.
A prediction market is a platform where users buy and sell contracts on the outcome of real-world events. The banned user is George Santos.
The bets Santos held were on a question he had direct influence over: would he show up at the State of the Union address? How the manipulation worked Prediction markets set prices through collective expectation.
If more participants decide an event is likely, the contracts that pay out when it happens rise. Holding a position and then making public statements that push others toward your preferred outcome is market manipulation.
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