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How Polymarket & Kalshi Are Turning Everything Into A Wager
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July 21, 2026
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It seems like you can bet on anything nowadays and like you can make a wager on practically everything. Examples of the proliferation of this can be seen everywhere from service members betting on insider knowledge, to people making bets on sports games. One of the most mind-blowing aspects of all of this is that companies that dominate the betting space, like Polymarket and Kalshi, are essentially unregulated. Bobby Allyn is a technology correspondent at NPR. He joins Chris Hayes to discuss the rapid ride of prediction markets, concerns, the outlook and more.
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