posted 3 weeks ago

The brief history of those five games includes: a match so violent that it prompted the introduction of red cards, a goal so controversial it became known as the “Hand of God,” a goal so sublime it became known as the “Goal of the Century,” allegations of vile racism, endless chants about the Falkland Islands, the ejection of soccer icon David Beckham, and an effigy of a player hanged outside a London pub.

The Greatest Rivalry in Sports Braces for Its Biggest Game Everwsj.comThere are other epic rivalries, from Yankees-Red Sox to Ohio State-Michigan. But nothing comes close to the 64-year-old World Cup feud that is England vs. Argentina.

posted 1 month ago

In its push to draw users to its unregulated platform, Polymarket has flooded social media with videos like Makihara’s, which appear genuine at first glance. In reality, Polymarket built near-perfect copies of its website, then instructed creators to make simulated trades on those dummy sites and hide that they were being paid by Polymarket.

To get the videos to go viral, Polymarket has recruited a social-media army to copy and re-post creators’ footage. Though the New York-based company has been banned from offering its primary crypto platform in the U.S. since 2022, the social-media creators are paid to specifically target U.S. users, who can still access the site with a virtual private network.

They Looked Like They Were Getting Rich on Polymarket—but None of It Was Realwsj.comThe prediction market has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators. ‘Is this just free money?’