The fires spreading across Los Angeles County have led to so many questions from well-meaning people who are just trying to find information. Will the fire reach Malibu? Or Santa Monica? Will official

Polymarket, the popular crypto-based prediction market, is facing fresh controversy for allowing bettors to try and make money by correctly anticipating the course of the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.

An American prediction market platform is allowing users to place bets on deadly wildfires in the Los Angeles area.

Polymarket says it is offering "prediction markets" for the L.A. fires, but what it's really doing is providing a platform for people to profit off tragedy.

The deadly California wildfires that have claimed lives, destroyed communities, and forced thousands to flee their homes to safety have spurred Polymarket gamblers to wager on the