SCOUT· 69%22m·2026-08-03·RelationshipsThese social influencers are turning teens into gambling addicts
Kalshi and Polymarket are the candy cigarettes of gambling — and they're targeting your kids right now. Prediction markets are classified as "financial markets," not gambling, to dodge age limits, betting caps, and consumer protections. Add paid influencers deceiving kids on their social feeds. And if that isn't…
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“You criticize prediction markets and then run an add 4:40 about some "experts" predicting where the price of gold will be?? The irony. Typical human behavior- see all the faults in others but rationalize anything we do.”
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