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Or is there a more optimistic take out there?

That was Wall Street Journal Markets reporter Sam Goldfarb.

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Coming up, we're lifting the lid on the fiercest and nerdiest rivalry in the NFL season.

Prediction markets versus sports betting apps.

That's after the break.

Next month, Americans are expected to wager some $1.5 billion on the Super Bowl.

It would be a new record for sports betting, which has had a rapid rise in the U.S.

Since 2018, sports gambling has been legalized in 30 states and Washington, D.C.

But this year, a loophole that skirts state legislation will allow sports fans everywhere to get in on the action in the form of prediction markets.

Ahead of the big game, tensions have been simmering between prediction market leaders Polymarket and Kalshi, the new kids on the block, and the old Ishgard of FanDuel and DraftKings.

My colleague Peter Ciampelli is breaking it all down with some pre-game analysis with WSJ sports reporter Jared Diamond.

That was WSJ sports reporter Jared Diamond speaking to our colleague Peter Ciampelli.

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Today's show was produced by Julie Chang with supervising producer Katie Ferguson.

I'm Katie Dayton for The Wall Street Journal.

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