One of the week’s most extraordinary stories comes from the intersection of military intelligence and online gambling. The Department of Justice arrested Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a U.S. soldier accused of using classified information to place wagers on the prediction market platform Polymarket — reportedly earning roughly $400,000 by betting on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The case raises urgent questions about insider trading in the burgeoning prediction-markets industry and the security of classified intelligence within the military.
Walter Murrow
April 24, 2026
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