Bet on Anything, Everywhere, All at Once
NPR's Sunday Story explores the rapid rise of prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket, platforms that allow users to bet on everything from political speeches to pop culture events. These markets, once confined to academic experiments, are now surging in popularity due to deregulati
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