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Guys, things have gotten so crazy in the world that I am out here agreeing with aoc like, ugh. Shudders. Horrifying. It's devastating. But unfortunately, she made a great point recently about gambling. Now, if you guys watch the interview that I did on John Chris show earlier this week, which you absolutely should, it was such a fun interview and I just adore him. But if you watch that, then you probably know by now that there is one topic that my dear husband Alex has been begging me to discuss on this show, and that is the intersection of the gambling markets and insider trading. And just to give you a window into our marriage, this is something that we discussed daily. Like, my husband has been monitoring this situation for months and every time that we would talk about it, like, my entire head would start to spin. I don't know if it's just me. I don't know if I'm just not a man. I don't follow betting. I'm not interested in poly market and calls. She don't know what I would say. But to his credit, he was right to continue pushing me. He was right to continue bringing it up. He's usually right about these sorts of things. And if you care, as I do, about calling out corruption and calling out hypocrisy, then this is just something that we cannot ignore. Even if you are not into the betting markets, even if you don't understand gambling, which is often where I find myself, because now, these days, in the modern era, it's not just people with classified information going to Wall street and making trades. They are now able to use that information on online betting sites. Not the stock market, but sites that allow you to gamble with people's lives. And it begs the question of whether our political system has been completely gamified. Now, before we dive into this topic, make sure that you like this video and subscribe to the channel if you've not already. And if you have, thank you guys so much. I appreciate you being here. And if you want to stay up to date on everything we're doing here on this channel, make sure to ring that notification bell. Also, I have a couple new shows coming up at Zany's here in Nashville. So if you want to get tickets for that, go to Brett Cooper.com, brettCooper.com is your hub for all things. You can even toggle on over to Cooper Confidential, which is our subscriber site. So if you want all the behind the scenes content as well, you can, you can find that there. Cooperconfidential.com or cooper.com for tickets. See you there. Okay, so I just have to point out the obvious. I think it's really funny that I'm sitting down to do this episode about hypocrisy and corruption and insider trading, and I'm wearing a freaking crocheted bandana. This is the best day of my husband's life. He loves when I wear hair accessories, so he's very excited about this. My friend Rose was just in Korea for a month, and she brought this home for me, and I've been very excited to wear it. It's like 75 degrees here in Nashville. The sun is shining. I'm getting a tan by being outside working on the farm. So it just felt like the day to pull out the floral crocheted bandana and talk about corruption. So now, as you have probably gauged by the introduction, we are talking about Polymarket and call sheet today and the fact that they might be allegedly, allegedly, possibly, presumably, the new homes for modern insider trading. So Polymarket, specifically, they exploded during the 2024 election, where more than $3.3 billion was waged on Trump versus Kamala. It is now valued at $9 billion, and it's partnered with leagues like the MLB, UFC as their official prediction market. So it is now, like, fully in the mainstream. And as you probably know, polymarket is not your normal betting site. It's not like DraftKings, like its primary function is. I guess it's just betting on random events. I think that's the best way we could describe it. Like, for example, users bet nearly $200,000 on whether Trump would smoke pot with Joe Rogan. They bet another 65k on if Kamala Harris during her campaign would say the word brat before August. People even bet on if and when Jesus is going to return, if the US Will confirm that aliens exist or what year Taylor Swift will get pregnant, when her actual wedding is where it is, all of these things. They are even betting on Caroline Levitt's press conferences. And this is sort of where it starts to get interesting. Look at this. This is from January of this year, January 7th. Today's White House press briefing had a 98% chance of running over 65 minutes until Caroline Levitt abruptly ended it with seconds to spare. Traitors on the no side, meaning that minority, the 2% that said she would not go over 65 minutes, made 50 times their bet in seconds. Now, that clip right there from January 7, that was the first time that I saw people questioning whether anyone within the Trump administration or within government at large was in on this. Because if you watch that press conference, if you're watching the clock run up, the way that she immediately ends it and walks off stage, her abrupt ending was almost too perfectly timed. Like, just like it was almost too abrupt. Like someone maybe had private intel about her schedule, about where she had to go next, if she had a prior commitment, or possibly maybe she was doing something intentionally. Allegedly. Allegedly, presumably, theoretically, is what I am trying to say. I'm not accusing anyone. I am just trying to point out what the Internet has started to speculate and what they have started to notice in all these comment sections. And you might say, okay, well, Brett, like, what does that matter? It is a press conference. That kind of bet is harmless. I'm sure it's very regulated. I'm sure it's very illegal. Like, that cannot be happening. But you would be wrong. You'd absolutely be wrong. And honestly, something being illegal has never stopped our government in the first place. So we could just go ahead and mark that down. But anyway, back to the point. While the app Kalshi. Cause these are two different groups. While Kalshi has stricter laws in place. Polymarket, which is arguably the more popular site, it's the one that I come across most frequently on social media. They operate offshore, they do not require traditional ID verification to sign up, and they use crypto wallets instead of bank accounts. And obviously cryptocurrency is lauded as this thing that is very private and secure. It is anonymous. And so while I, somebody who has never met anything, does not spend any time on these apps, like literally has never interacted with them, I initially saw these two platforms as being synonymous, but there is a big difference. And this is going to be important. Listen to this. Kalshi is generally considered more regulated than Polymarket within the US because it is a direct, federally regulated exchange approved by the cftc. Kalshi operates under strict CFTC oversight, whereas Polymarket is considered more crypto native and has only recently expanded its US Presence, having faced more scrutiny over its decentralized international structure. Now, what I also didn't know is the Polymarket actually was not legal in the United States until the middle of last year, and it actually is still not legal in every state. And while Polymarket does seem more secure and anonymous, based on all of that information, it's not totally untraceable because every transaction is recorded on the blockchain. And so while your name is not attached publicly, that wallet, that crypto wallet, can often be traced back to you or back to a certain individual, even if they do not have all of your information, especially if you have ever bought crypto through a platform like Coinbase prior to this. So it is not fully anonymous. It is just harder to track than, let's say the stock market, because we already know that everyone and their mother can just watch what Nancy Pelosi and her husband are trading on a daily basis. And if you're smart, you're following that and making a bunch of money. Anyway, I will say, as Alex and I have been talking about this, this entire thing literally since January, I've debated doing this episode and I debated angling it more just to talk about the rise of gambling as a vice in our society, how we are seeing young people blow all of their money on these ridiculous bets. But like I said, it has become abundantly clear that we cannot ignore this. And I think that this warranted a more targeted, tailored story. Because now, allegedly, allegedly, presumably possibly, this platform is giving elected officials or just people with intel free reign to make money off of this classified information and possibly creating incentives for people in power to make certain moves, placing a bet or having somebody place a bet and then taking an action that results in profiting off of that bet. Now again, I'm not accusing anyone specifically, we're just pointing out what we are noticing. So take a look at this story from earlier this week. A trader made nearly $1 million since 2024 from dozens of well timed poly market bets that correctly predicted US and Israeli military actions against Iran. According to an analysis shared with CNN, the Better won a staggering 93% of their five figure wagers about Iran, even though the events they predicted were unannounced military operations. The traitor has had a pattern of Prussian bets including hours before Israeli strikes in October of 2024 during its tit for tat conflict with Iran, hours before US airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities in June of 2025 and hours before the joint US Israeli surprise attack in February which started the current war. Quote, all of this is strong signaling of insider activity based on the amount they made, the markets they bet on and the timing of their trades, the success rates of those trades and the fact that they are connected on chain the same account. This is pretty suspicious in my book. And they go on and they write, it isn't clear whether the trader flagged by Bumble Maps is an insider and the accounts they use are anonymous and can't publicly be traced back to a specific person. Like guys, these apps, if this is insider trading has completely changed the Game like this is crazy and it is far from an isolated incident. Look at this. This was posted February 28th. A 3 day old polymarket wallet made $493,000 in profit from the US strikes in Iran. Brand new account placed 3 bets, profited on all of them. Here's another. It's not just one wallet anymore. A group of fresh wallets, new accounts has now loaded over $2 million on the exact same same outcomes. These are multiple bets. They're doing. US forces enter Iran by April 30, no US entry in Iran by March 31, no ceasefire. By March 31, potential profit is over $2,500 now. In a full summary on X, one user wrote, this is the pattern that no one wants to acknowledge. In February, six newly created wallets on polymarket made $1.2 million betting on the exact timing of the attacks in Iran. All created and funded in the previous 24 hours. No betting history. In January, a new account made 436,000 betting on Maduro's capture hours before the US invaded Venezuela. Days ago, 10 new wallets appeared betting $160,000 on a ceasefire by the end of March. Same profile, no history created. At the same time, potential payout over a million dollars. Yesterday, all of those accounts exploded in profit. You'd go to federal prison for trading on a tip from your cousin. These people are front running war decisions with billion dollar bets and no one asks a single question. With every policy, tariff or war announcement, the same pattern repeats. Massive trades minutes before instant profits and zero consequences. The game's rigged and they're not even trying to hide it anymore. Well, they don't have to hide it because it's anonymous. It can't be traced back to them or their businesses by us and the public. Currently there is not any stronger specific legislation regarding these betting sites that are stopping them from doing this. So obviously people have started getting concerned and I think we have to be fair and we have to ask, you know, is this just very lucky people? 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