The “prediction market” platform is finally facing a serious legal challenge.

In less than a decade, betting apps swallowed sports. And now they’re doing the same to the news.

Firms like Polymarket and Kalshi are turning war into yet another racket, as the suffering of many becomes a windfall payday for those few who hit the dystopian jackpot.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is moving to block states’ legal challenges to platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi.

As more and more professional athletes get ensnared in gambling scandals, it’s become clear that the sports world has been thrust into the middle of a genuine calamity.

A massive lobbying push and a critical Supreme Court decision put the ability to wager our life savings in the palms of our hands. The gamble hasn’t paid off.

The gradual erosion of society’s barriers to gambling has pushed us to the brink of perpetual big-league betting scandals.

Athletes are being caught in scandals, yes, but the bigger scandal is that the ease and prevalence of betting is driving a huge rise in addiction—and neither the leagues nor our politicians care.

Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale likes making viral videos and huge bets on Houston sports teams. He’s also spending big to push the state even further right.

With the help of the Supreme Court, the New Jersey governor paved the way for the sportsbook industry to drown us in an unrelenting onslaught of advertisements.

Daily fantasy games are wildly popular and completely infuriating

The ugly motive behind a beautiful diagram of old Chinatown

I decided to bet on the sport I love. I lost, even when I won.