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Online Casino Prediction Markets: Are They Coming?
Nationwide online slots, roulette, and blackjack certified federally with minimal safeguards? It sounds like a bad dystopian TV episode. Mike Selig, CFTC chair, on Bloomberg’s Odd Lots was asked if prediction markets could power online casino games. He pushed back, but conceded it could happen. “It’s possible that you could construct some sort of contract,…
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Kalshi Sign Up Review: How It Really Works
I recently downloaded the Kalshi app and, within minutes during the sign up, noticed several manipulative tactics that put users at immediate risk. The gambling platform is a prediction market that lets you “trade” on real-world events like sports, politics, and pop culture. While federally certified, many states say Kalshi’s sports betting is illegal. At…
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Gambling Website Dangles Grocery Money In Marketing Ploy
A controversial gambling app will give some New Yorkers grocery money. The dystopian stunt comes amid a city cost-of-living crisis. Kalshi, a so-called prediction market, said Monday that it will cover $50 worth of food items at the WestSide Market in NYC at a special event on Tuesday. According to the New York Post, Kalshi…
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My Doomscrolling Addiction Is Why I Avoid Prediction Markets
For more than a decade, I’ve had periods of addiction to consuming negative news content on social media—typically through Twitter. This is commonly called doomscrolling. I’ve had trouble sleeping; I’ve deactivated and reactivated my Twitter (now X) account countless times; I’ve heard phantom notifications. I justified my doomscrolling by my career as a journalist, telling…
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Massachusetts To Block Kalshi Sports Betting
Massachusetts has won the legal right to block the prediction market platform Kalshi from facilitating stock-market-style sports betting. The state sued Kalshi in September, alleging unlicensed and illegal gambling. On Jan. 20, 2026, a court granted the state an injunction that gives the state the power to force Kalshi to shut down at least part…
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