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Lol it could not possibly be the coincidence that there were bets on ex prime minister Zapatero going to jail before the 30th of June or other meme bets making the rounds in Spain in the last couple of days.

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There are bets everyday, so no matter when the ban is announced, you can always attach a conspiracy to it.

Most of Spain did not even know polymarket existed until a couple of days ago.

Not sure how you want me to respond to that. Are you getting that from a feel of yours or some statistical analysis of familiarity with polymarket in Spain? I don't think it matters much anyway, I bet most human beings don't know what polymarket is. But still, you think it warrants a conspiracy? To what end? None of this makes much sense to me.

I'd say based on vibes too, it seems to have gotten more common subject to talk about, also on TV, news and so on. It was virtually not talked about a year ago, compared to today.

Google Trends seems to agree too: https://trends.google.com/explore?q=polymarket&date=today%20...

Also, most of Spain can walk to a functioning casino which will be more than willing to take all sorts of odd prop bets.

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