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Bipartisan senators jointly call for federal investigation into Polymarket’s false advertising

Deep Trend TechFlow News, June 27 — According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Senators John Curtis (R-Utah) and Adam Schiff (D-California) co-signed a letter to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Michael Selig, calling for a federal investigation into prediction market platform Polymarket’s promotion of fake bets on social media. The letter stated that the allegations are “deeply disturbing and require immediate review.” Prior to this, The Wall Street Journal had published an in-depth report on Polymarket’s deceptive marketing practices.