Betting
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Prediction markets are courting women with pop cultureIn the Spotlight Kalshi and Polymarket want to pull ‘Love Island USA’ lovers for a chat
By Theara Coleman, The Week US Published
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‘Love it or hate it, betting is undeniably entrenched’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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US soldier in Maduro raid accused of betting on ousterSpeed Read The soldier allegedly won $409,000 on the bet
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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‘Consider it one more sign of the decline in the democratic experiment’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Arizona charges Kalshi over ‘illegal gambling’Speed Read The state accused the company of taking illegal bets on world events
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Gambling on everythingFeature Americans are betting billions on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. What could go wrong?
By The Week US Published
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E-betting’s unstoppable force meets Utah’s immovable anti-gambling cultureTALKING POINT As Kalshi, Polymarket and other ‘prediction marketplaces’ spread to near ubiquity online, Utah’s historically conservative Mormon culture presents a unique challenge
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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States are fighting back against online prediction marketsIn the Spotlight At least 20 lawsuits have been filed against prediction companies
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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‘The censorious effect is the same, even if deployed covertly’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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‘No one is exempt from responsibility, and especially not elite sport circuits’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Dozens charged in NCAA game-rigging caseSpeed Read The schemes allegedly involved fixers who paid $10,000 to $30,000 for each rigged game
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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‘Even those in the United States legally are targets’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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‘Maps are the ideal metaphor for our models of what the world might be’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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The biggest sports betting scandals in historyIn Depth The recent indictments of professional athletes were the latest in a long line of scandals
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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