Opinion | Is This the Gateway Drug for Gambling? (Gift Article)
We actually can regulate prediction markets, and we should do it now.
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Oh look who it is! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
Prediction markets appeal, addict, & endanger young livesβjust like sports betting. Itβs gambling. Calling out from the casino in your pocket. Pitching kids, problem bettors, all of us. It cries out for regulation, just like gambling. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
"We do not have to accept the widespread availability of prediction markets as normal, even if this breakfast treated it as part of our inevitable financial future." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
Abdullah Mahmood, a licensed social worker who works with problem gamblers in Columbus, says some of his younger clients β between the ages of 18 and 24, he estimates β started their betting addictions with prediction markets. Via @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
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Is This the Gateway Drug for Gambling? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
How do you write an op-ed on prediction markets, questioning many aspects of the business, and not mention the Trump family, specifically Donald Jr.?? As if it has no relevance, zero, to this topic?? The NY Times continues to fail, bigly.... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
Is This the Gateway Drug for Gambling? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
Is This the Gateway Drug for Gambling? Most states require sports bettors to be 21, while most prediction markets allow users as young as 18. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
Of course it is. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
Is This the Gateway Drug for Gambling? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/o...
More concerns about prediction markets--here, whether they'll fuel gambling addiction among youth. But with the Trump family invested in the industry (Jr in Polymarket), how much would you bet these concerns get tackled? inhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/28/opinion/kalshi-teens-wager-sports.html