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Polymarket bettors threatened to kill a journalist over a $14M war bet.
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On March 10, 2026, Times of Israel correspondent Emanuel Fabian reported that a single Iranian ballistic missile struck an open area near Beit Shemesh. No injuries. Routine war update. Until it became the center of a $14M+ market on whether "Iran strikes Israel" that day. Polymarket's rules are specific: intercepted missiles don't count as a "Yes." Bettors who went heavy on "No" needed his story changed from "missile hit" to "intercepted fragments." They didn't ask nicely. It started with emails
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