Comment by tantalor
5 hours ago
> MoviePass announced that it will begin testing a betting platform.
Huh. That's interesting. Given futures markets on box office receipts are illegal.
5 hours ago
> MoviePass announced that it will begin testing a betting platform.
Huh. That's interesting. Given futures markets on box office receipts are illegal.
Matt Levine discussed this a couple of weeks back: "It’s probably fine, though; you can bet on Netflix streaming numbers or Rotten Tomatoes scores. It is fun to think that everything is gambling except onions and movies, but it’s probably not true."
Nice, found that article:
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-01-08/mov...