Opinion: The immorality of betting on war

✍️ Scott Simon 📅 March 07, 2026 12:00 AM ⏱️ 2 min read 🕐 Scraped: March 07, 2026

Summary: Traders on prediction markets bet on nearly anything. One made more than half a million dollars betting on the U.S. strike against Iran. But should people wager on human suffering?

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You can place a bet on just about anything these days. Not just who will win the Super Bowl, or the Kentucky Derby, but what we still call "the news." Who will be elected? Will interest rates go up or down?

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