assassination market

English

Noun

assassination market (plural assassination markets)

  1. (economics) A prediction market where one can bet on the date of death of an individual.
    • 2018 July 25, Daniel Oberhaus, “Assassination Markets for Jeff Bezos, Betty White, and Donald Trump Are On the Blockchain”, in Vice‎[1], United States, archived from the original on 3 September 2025:
      Earlier this month, the non-profit Forecast Foundation launched its Augur protocol on the Ethereum network in a bid to create the first blockchain-based betting platform. Now, Augur is hosting several wagers where users bet on when a public figure will die, with a pot of digital money going to whoever makes the correct guess. This type of betting is referred to as an “assassination market” because it arguably incentivizes someone to guarantee a win by offing the person themselves.
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