Google News has begun showing Polymarket bets and odds alongside actual stories, <\/em>. These look to appear as large blocks that include links to numerous ways for people to lose their money.<\/p>\n Bets tend to appear in the “For you” section of Google News, which is supposed to be tailored to a person’s particular interests. Futurism<\/em> notes that the platform actually placed a Polymarket bet as the top news result when inquiring about the price of Bitcoin.<\/p>\n The publication saw links to the prediction market all over Google News, including in searches. It popped up in queries regarding the Strait of Hormuz, which presents a link that lets people bet on the number of ships that the critical passageway. The report even indicates that users were able to set the gambling platform as a source, which directs readers to an aggregate page of other Polymarket links.<\/p>\n There’s a caveat here. I wasn’t personally able to confirm most of these results. This could indicate that Google has quietly made some changes behind the scenes following Futurism’s <\/em>initial report.<\/p>\n Complaints on <\/span> indicate that Google started doing this at the tail-end of March. However, one user noted all the way back in January that Polymarket results had started showing up in the news section of a traditional Google search. I was able to replicate that one.<\/p>\n