A Democratic congressman strongly criticized Polymarket for enabling users to wager on when the United States would confirm the rescue of Air Force personnel shot down over Iran.
Representative Seth Moulton expressed his outrage in a social media post on Friday, stating, “They could be your neighbor, a friend, a family member. And people are betting on whether or not they’ll be saved. This is DISGUSTING.” President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the second service member, a weapons system officer, has been rescued.
Moulton further described Polymarket as a “dystopian death market” and highlighted that Donald Trump Jr. is an investor in the company. The congressman has recently prohibited his staff from engaging in prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.
Polymarket responded by stating that the market was removed “immediately” as it did not comply with the company’s integrity standards.
“It should not have been posted, and we are investigating how this slipped through our internal safeguards,” the company stated.
In the past, Polymarket has seen hundreds of millions of dollars traded on contracts related to the bombing of Iran by the United States and Israel.
