Germany: Betting on elections is illegal — but possible

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The multi-billion-dollar prediction market Polymarket is currently accepting bets on German regional elections later this year, even though using such sites is illegal in Germany. Prediction markets, which allow people to bet anonymously on anything from military strikes to the second coming of Jesus Christ, have gathered ever more attention in recent years and caused headaches for gambling regulators around the world. In the US, the Justice Department last year dropped its regulatory

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