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Sam Goldfarb

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
9 total appearances

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WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl

Jared, to start with the basics, what are prediction markets?

WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl

So what is the real difference between prediction markets and sports betting?

WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl

Yeah.

WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl

So as you mentioned in your piece, about 50 percent of Americans live in states that have banned sports gambling, most notably California and Texas.

WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl

But prediction markets are approved at the federal level.

WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl

So is this basically a legal workaround?

WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl

Zooming out, you note that the two biggest online sports betting companies took in $15 billion last year through November, right?

WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl

up over a billion dollars since the previous year.

WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Betting Platform Rivalry Looming Over the Superbowl

What impact overall have apps had on American gambling as a whole?