Does Polymarket let you bet on whether or not the CEO of Polymarket will die in the coming week? No? Huh. So you can bet on lots of *other* people suffering, and you can potentially profit by *causing* that suffering. Just not them? They're off limits. OK.
Lawmakers from Oregon, California, Nevada, Minnesota, and New Hampshire specifically called out Polymarket, which hosted bets in January 2025 on the wildfires in Los Angeles.