Bobby Allen
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Bobby Allen, NPR News.
Kalshi says it will block anyone in Michigan from betting on sports after the state's attorney general accused the company of violating gambling laws.
The Michigan judge ordering the ban makes it the second state where Kalshi has been pushed out following a similar restriction in Nevada.
Both cases centered on sports betting on Kaoshi, which represents more than 80% of the app's betting.
Unlike sportsbooks, though, Kaoshi allows wagering on sports without the approval of state regulators or having to pay state taxes.
President Trump has vowed to protect the prediction market industry, where traders can bet on everything from the color of Trump's tie to foreign policy decisions.
This month alone, Sun nearly $30 billion traded on Kaoshi.
Bobby Allen, NPR News.
Meta is developing an app where people can guess the outcome of things like elections or the color of the president's tie on a given day.
Internal meta documents reviewed by NPR show the company has codenamed the project Arena.
It's also being called Antwerp.
One major difference from leading prediction market apps, though, is that Meta's app will only let users wager play money, digital points on whether something will happen or not.
Kalshi and Polymarket have faced dozens of lawsuits over unregulated gambling and whether these apps represent a distinct kind of activity.
Meta is the biggest tech company yet to jump into prediction market mania.
Billions of dollars are traded every week on the apps, even as the industry remains in legal limbo.
Bobby Allen, NPR News.
Meta is developing an app where people can guess the outcome of things like elections or the color of the president's tie on a given day.
Internal Meta documents reviewed by NPR show the company has codenamed the project Arena.
It's also being called Antwerp.
One major difference from leading prediction market apps, though, is that Meta's app will only let users wager play money, digital points on whether something will happen or not.
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