Finally, John Oliver pours Last Week Tonight's resources into prediction markets segment

At least two of those three categories seem well represented here already. Donald Trump, Jr. serves as an advisor to the two major companies, and what he offers them—outside of a direct line to the White House—is murky at best. But it also looks like there’s other people with intimate knowledge of the government profiting from the markets. “It gets genuinely chilling when you realize that people seem to be using insider info to bet on life or death events,” says Oliver, citing one person who made $400,000 after the capture of  Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro and two Israelis who were charged with using classified military information to place bets.

“At the bar minimum, the CFTC should be doing more,” Oliver concludes the segment. “And while it says it’s writing new rules, I wouldn’t expect much, especially for as long as this fucking guy [Michael Selig] is in charge. As I said earlier, there’s a bunch of cases making their way through the courts right now, but it’s not clear how they’ll resolve and it’s probably going to be in front of the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Congress is considering a number of proposals tackling aspects of this issue, although given the President of the United States has a kid currently advising both major companies, I wouldn’t hold your breath.” Perhaps we can check the odds on Polymarket—in the meantime, you can watch Oliver’s segment below.