Once upon a time, the notion of government officials placing bets using insider knowledge and making enormous amounts of money would have been an administration-shaking scandal. Under Donald Trump? It barely merits a headline.
New betting markets that allow users to bet on world events have exploded in popularity over the last year, and it seems each major move by the Trump administration is preceded by people placing some suspiciously timely bets on things happening and then waltzing away with hundreds of millions of dollars.
