What are predication markets and do they need to be regulated?
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Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket allow people to bet on … pretty much anything … from the future of the Iran war to more offbeat topics, such as whether the government would confirm aliens exist.
A journalist who has covered prediction markets, a legal expert, and the head of an organization that forecasts future events, discuss their rising significance and the fight to regulate them in Illinois and beyond.
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Karl Lockhart
Assistant Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law
Warren Hatch
CEO, Good Judgment
Casey Toner
Reporter, Illinois Answers Project
