From outrage to opportunityFor some participants, political betting is deeply personal. Legal gray zones and regulatory limitsBeyond ethics, prediction markets sit on shaky legal ground. The strategy is clear: normalize prediction markets as sources of real-time insight rather than speculative gambling. Yet he insists that political betting provides a signal — a rough forecast of where power might move next. Whether prediction markets represent a new form of collective intelligence or a dangerous fusion of money and state power remains unresolved.

Source: Washington Post January 28, 2026 13:44 UTC