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What Californians could lose betting on life through prediction markets
The article discusses concerns that prediction markets, like Polymarket, may detach users from the real-world impacts of public events, drawing parallels to social media's addictive design. It calls for California to proactively regulate these platforms with measures like age verification and deposit limits, even as they operate under existing financial rules.
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