This episode of Today Explained investigates the rise of prediction markets like Polymarket and Calci, where users are gambling on geopolitical events—including the Iran-Israel conflict—with alarming implications. Journalist Kate Nibbs and Wall Street Journal reporter Hannah Erin Lang r
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