Elon Musk and Brian Armstrong have both criticised this raid calling it an attack on political opponents of the present administration. Most people think that this attack was because the government thinks that Polymaket's polls that showed overwhelming support for Donald Trump contributed to his victory.
Do you think gambling platforms should avoid political events?
In some capacity, politics will indeed bring problem inside business, especially for gambling platforms that are not neutral. But if you look at the profit side of betting affiliated with Trump's victory, we can conclude that some platforms never care about it. When you look at the betting on the US presidential election with how much interest people are betting on it, we can say it's more fun to follow.
I don't care if the platform facilitates betting on anyone's victory because if they do that, they definitely understand the impact and risks that occur. Even if things happen that are not desired, the platform will be much more problematic and they will bear the risk.