PredictIt bookmaker specializes in political betting. He is the only one who was able to get permission to place bets in the US elections. And only due to the fact that he presented a slightly different format of work, calling the product political futures. However, in the midst of the vote count, users could not access the site for several hours. Then the problem recurred.
Since at that moment there was a change in leadership, many players were not able to correct their positions at the right time in order to cut losses. This, of course, caused a lot of discontent. Twitter users have rightly pointed out that PredictIt is built around a single day, and on that day it didn't work well. They had four years to prepare.
PredictIt does not work like a regular bookmaker. Players buy something like securities for politicians, and their price rises or falls. Therefore, if the user cannot log in and sell his positions on time, he incurs a loss. And the longer he cannot enter and the more the candidate depreciates, the greater the loss. Therefore, a downtime of several hours definitely became the most unpleasant moment.
On his Twitter account, the operator said on November 4 that they are working hard to resolve the issue. However, the reason for the lack of access was not named. Representatives of the press also cannot receive answers to their inquiries about what is happening. But it is obvious that someone is already ready to go to court.
