Sports Is Eating Prediction Markets (And Kalshi Is Winning)
80% of Kalshi is sports. Politics collapsed. Rothera launched as a sportsbook. The industry Robin Hanson envisioned is not the industry we got.
Expert analysis, crowd forecasts, and data-driven commentary from the Juno Predictions team.
80% of Kalshi is sports. Politics collapsed. Rothera launched as a sportsbook. The industry Robin Hanson envisioned is not the industry we got.
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