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Polymarket screwing over traders re Venezuela

“This market will resolve to "Yes" if the Un...
"'''''"'''"""''''"
  01/06/26
get a life you fucking dork
....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:,..,..
  01/06/26
get off this bort you closeted fag
"'''''"'''"""''''"
  01/06/26
you really should do this. everyone here hates you and you ...
....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:,..,..
  01/06/26
you are literally a closeted fag
"'''''"'''"""''''"
  01/06/26
you literally are jewishly projecting yet again.
....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:,..,..
  01/07/26
i don't see how this can be anything other than "yes&qu...
UhOh
  01/06/26
LMAO we "controlled" their POTUS into a fucking bl...
Federal Mask Mandate
  01/06/26
It's fraud they need to pay out
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  01/06/26
The market is about an "invasion." It's about taki...
Nazca Redlines
  01/06/26
The US controls the territory of Venezuela. The purpose of a...
gen-x/zoomer hybrid
  01/06/26
Which "portion" (see the definition in the link) d...
Nazca Redlines
  01/06/26
Polymarket doesn't say the US has to control it with the int...
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  01/06/26
The market is for an invasion. The definition requires estab...
Nazca Redlines
  01/06/26
https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites...
gen-x/zoomer hybrid
  01/06/26
The entire "portion" of Venezuela. The US controls...
gen-x/zoomer hybrid
  01/06/26
seems like an easy "No". they dont and didnt inten...
richard clock
  01/06/26
(Peter Thiel)
"'''''"'''"""''''"
  01/06/26
yes its not like orange man said we run it now
AZNgirl cheering as ICE executes Handsome's GF
  01/06/26
I say I run Cambodia. They appear to disagree.
,.,,.,.,,,,,,.....................
  01/06/26
Who does Polymarket think is the relevant authority on this?...
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  01/06/26
usually they say “a consensus of credible reporting&rd...
"'''''"'''"""''''"
  01/06/26
...
Nazca Redlines
  01/06/26
cr
peeface
  01/06/26
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LathamTouchedMe
  01/07/26
IRL Topicality moment
The Minnesota Protestor's Auto that Dripped Blood
  01/06/26
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''
  01/06/26
companies pay a small army of professional wordcels to exhau...
boltzmann penis
  01/06/26
It's not vague. The US intended to control Maduro's estate w...
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  01/06/26
(guy who no longer has $1,600)
boltzmann penis
  01/06/26
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richard clock
  01/06/26
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FUCK LIBS
  01/07/26
It's ambiguous on purpose so they can Jew people over after ...
Ass Sunstein
  01/06/26
...
gen-x/zoomer hybrid
  01/06/26
There's no ambiguity. Polymarket made a valid offer. The ter...
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  01/06/26
Obvious yes But this is why you don't bet on stuff like t...
gen-x/zoomer hybrid
  01/06/26
This is a crystal clear "No." What's the counterar...
Nazca Redlines
  01/06/26
cr, not a close call imo
richard clock
  01/06/26
Trump said the US would now run Venezuela. It’s so cle...
"'''''"'''"""''''"
  01/06/26
The market isn't what wild things Trump says. (He also said ...
Nazca Redlines
  01/06/26
Narrator: "In fact, it did just happen two days ago.&qu...
gen-x/zoomer hybrid
  01/06/26
This is shitlib semantics. The actual verbiage says "co...
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  01/06/26
this. it was a military offensive intended to establish cont...
UhOh
  01/06/26
Under US law we damn sure exercised control over several acr...
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  01/06/26
So Polymarket can call Trump a liar but Hampton Inn can't ma...
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  01/06/26
are degenerate gamblers actually whining that their gambling...
,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,.
  01/06/26
the thing is there are people on both sides of the trade so ...
"'''''"'''"""''''"
  01/06/26
If there was a breaking news report that “the us is in...
....;..;...;;;.....;;......;;
  01/06/26
His house was invaded (briefly)
UN peacekeeper
  01/06/26
...
UN peacekeeper
  01/06/26
I'm 100% on Polymarket's side here.
Nintendo 1488
  01/06/26
I was, too, until uh oh convinced me otherwise
UN peacekeeper
  01/07/26
Kalishi screwing over bettors on 49ers game https://x.com...
"'''''"'''"""''''"
  01/07/26
now this is just a straight up scam
richard clock
  01/07/26
Is Polymarket still fucking over its users?
https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK
  01/07/26
Just made 60,000 dollars
''
  01/07/26
?
UN peacekeeper
  01/07/26
i can't believe any lawyer would agree with "no" h...
UhOh
  01/07/26


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Date: January 6th, 2026 3:52 PM
Author: "'''''"'''"""''''"

“This market will resolve to "Yes" if the United States commences a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of Venezuela between November 3, 2025, and January 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".”

“This market refers to U.S. military operations intended to establish control. President Trump’s statement that they will “run” Venezuela while referencing ongoing talks with the Venezuelan government does not alone qualify the snatch-and-extract mission to capture Maduro as an invasion.”

https://polymarket.com/event/will-the-us-invade-venezuela-in-2025?tid=1767732697146

https://x.com/trader_53/status/2008545328824549664?s=46

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567156)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: ....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:,..,..


get a life you fucking dork

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567289)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:42 PM
Author: "'''''"'''"""''''"

get off this bort you closeted fag

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567303)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: ....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:,..,..


you really should do this. everyone here hates you and you are a dick chopping tranny retard pedophile. the world would be better off if you'd just go away once and for all.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567306)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:03 PM
Author: "'''''"'''"""''''"

you are literally a closeted fag

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567363)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 9:45 AM
Author: ....,.,.;;;,.,,:,.,.,::,.....,:,..,..


you literally are jewishly projecting yet again.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568632)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 3:56 PM
Author: UhOh

i don't see how this can be anything other than "yes". they defined it pretty broadly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567168)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: Federal Mask Mandate

LMAO we "controlled" their POTUS into a fucking black bag what kind of bullshit is this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567271)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


It's fraud they need to pay out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567336)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

The market is about an "invasion." It's about taking and controlling territory. That hasn't happened. It still might by the end of the month.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567449)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:41 PM
Author: gen-x/zoomer hybrid

The US controls the territory of Venezuela. The purpose of abducting its head of state was to establish control of Venezuela. The operation was successful

You are confusing the words "control" and "occupy"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567472)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

Which "portion" (see the definition in the link) does the US control? The US doesn't control Venezuela via an invasion any more than the US uses its power to influence a lot of countries.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567477)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:45 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


Polymarket doesn't say the US has to control it with the intent to deprive Venezuela of that territory. Even a peppercorn of time is enough.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567484)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

The market is for an invasion. The definition requires establishing control of a portion of territory.

Could you point on a map to which portion of Venezuelan territory the US invaded with the intent to control? You're right that it could be a small portion.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567491)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: gen-x/zoomer hybrid

https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_medium_no_crop/public/2019-02/venezuela_en.png?itok=aeBbLnHe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567497)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: gen-x/zoomer hybrid

The entire "portion" of Venezuela. The US controls the country of Venezuela, as a statement of fact, as demonstrated by the fact that it can simply remove its nominal political "head of state" at will, whenever it wants, as it just did

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567492)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:33 PM
Author: richard clock

seems like an easy "No". they dont and didnt intend to control any area of Venezuela, they captured its president and are pressuring the current government to do their will.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567286)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: "'''''"'''"""''''"

(Peter Thiel)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567304)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:44 PM
Author: AZNgirl cheering as ICE executes Handsome's GF

yes its not like orange man said we run it now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567305)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:50 PM
Author: ,.,,.,.,,,,,,.....................


I say I run Cambodia. They appear to disagree.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567316)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:57 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


Who does Polymarket think is the relevant authority on this? Maduro?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567341)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:01 PM
Author: "'''''"'''"""''''"

usually they say “a consensus of credible reporting” but they removed that language since it would make it harder to screw over their traders

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567356)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:43 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567479)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 7:35 PM
Author: peeface

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567713)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 8:45 AM
Author: LathamTouchedMe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568504)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:45 PM
Author: The Minnesota Protestor's Auto that Dripped Blood (No Future)

IRL Topicality moment

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567307)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:54 PM
Author: ''



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567330)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:56 PM
Author: boltzmann penis

companies pay a small army of professional wordcels to exhaustively draft out the terms of selling you toilet paper, and they still leave ambiguities. why would anyone ever expect that degens gambling on geopolitical upheavals described in a blurb with no transparency or accountability would be a good idea?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567334)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 4:59 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


It's not vague. The US intended to control Maduro's estate when it arrested him, and the estate is located in Venezuela. Even if the control was only fleeting, it damn sure wasn't unintentional

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567348)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:02 PM
Author: boltzmann penis

(guy who no longer has $1,600)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567360)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:13 PM
Author: richard clock



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567396)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 6:19 AM
Author: FUCK LIBS (TDNW)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568389)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: Ass Sunstein

It's ambiguous on purpose so they can Jew people over after the fact. It's a feature.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567517)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 6:00 PM
Author: gen-x/zoomer hybrid



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567526)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 6:11 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


There's no ambiguity. Polymarket made a valid offer. The terms are clear.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567542)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:01 PM
Author: gen-x/zoomer hybrid

Obvious yes

But this is why you don't bet on stuff like this tbh. I wouldn't even put a substantial sum of money on an election on these platforms. You always run the risk of some Jewish bullshit like this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567354)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:33 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

This is a crystal clear "No." What's the counterargument that isn't just based on feelings?

The market is "Will the U.S. invade Venezuela by...?" And they define "invasion" as "a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of Venezuela."

Dropping some special ops in for a limited time to extract the president is far from an invasion--i.e., an "offensive intended to establish control over" over territory. If there were boots on the ground to take and hold territory, it would be another thing. But there are not and have not been.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567445)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:35 PM
Author: richard clock

cr, not a close call imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567451)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:37 PM
Author: "'''''"'''"""''''"

Trump said the US would now run Venezuela. It’s so clear that they even had to address it in their statement screwing people over. There must’ve been a huge whale or polymarket insider on the other side of that trade

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567465)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:45 PM
Author: Nazca Redlines

The market isn't what wild things Trump says. (He also said we're going to "lock Her up." Where are we on that?)

The market is for an invasion controlling Venezuelan territory. That hasn't happened.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567485)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:48 PM
Author: gen-x/zoomer hybrid

Narrator: "In fact, it did just happen two days ago."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567493)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:49 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


This is shitlib semantics. The actual verbiage says "commences a military offensive intended to establish control over any portion of Venezuela." Trump doesn't have to actually run anything, he only has to commence a military offensive with that intent. Having actual control is sufficient but not NECESSARY to prove intent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567498)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:54 PM
Author: UhOh

this. it was a military offensive intended to establish control over caracas generally and at the very least maduro's residence for however long it was necessary in order to capture him.

the issue here is "control" and the time period it takes to constitute it. polymarket thought they were describing something more permanent and substantial, but they didn't spell that out and i think it's hard to argue that landing a bunch of helicopters into maduro's front yard, killing his security guards, and forcibly removing him wasn't taking "control" of his house which is a "portion" of venezuela. "intent" is there the minute you give the order.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567509)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


Under US law we damn sure exercised control over several acres of land in Venezuela for a period of some several minutes, and not by accident

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567514)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 5:47 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


So Polymarket can call Trump a liar but Hampton Inn can't make DHS pay full price for hotel rooms?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567489)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 6:10 PM
Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,.


are degenerate gamblers actually whining that their gambling platform is being legalistic and dishonest? LOL.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567539)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 7:20 PM
Author: "'''''"'''"""''''"

the thing is there are people on both sides of the trade so it doesn’t really make sense for polymarket to screw over their users. they’re just a bookie. unless a polymarket insider or whale with connections was on the other side of the trade and pulled some strings. either way what they’re doing is dishonest. at a minimum they should not have titled the market “invade” if sending the military into foreign sovereign territory and arresting its president doesn’t count.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567682)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 7:31 PM
Author: ....;..;...;;;.....;;......;;


If there was a breaking news report that “the us is invading Venezuela” no one would be like “but that already happened”.

The common sense version says this wasn’t an invasion and nothing in their terms is enough to override that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567704)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:15 PM
Author: UN peacekeeper

His house was invaded (briefly)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567813)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:11 PM
Author: UN peacekeeper



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567795)



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Date: January 6th, 2026 8:17 PM
Author: Nintendo 1488

I'm 100% on Polymarket's side here.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49567818)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 5:48 AM
Author: UN peacekeeper

I was, too, until uh oh convinced me otherwise

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568381)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 7:59 AM
Author: "'''''"'''"""''''"

Kalishi screwing over bettors on 49ers game

https://x.com/dustingouker/status/2008748429024133125?s=46

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568440)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 8:16 AM
Author: richard clock

now this is just a straight up scam

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568452)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 8:18 AM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


Is Polymarket still fucking over its users?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568453)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:16 AM
Author: ''

Just made 60,000 dollars

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568707)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:29 AM
Author: UN peacekeeper

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568727)



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Date: January 7th, 2026 10:30 AM
Author: UhOh

i can't believe any lawyer would agree with "no" here. the terms are so broad even a child could make a reasonable argument for "yes".

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5818025&forum_id=2Firm#49568730)