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Election betting on prediction markets apps is set to boom ahead of midterms

By Bobby Allyn
Published December 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM PST

Prediction market apps are growing in popularity, allowing people to bet on everything. Critics fear that turning every scenario into a wager could lead to people and institutions being manipulated.

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Bobby Allyn
Bobby Allyn is a business reporter at NPR based in San Francisco. He covers technology and how Silicon Valley's largest companies are transforming how we live and reshaping society.
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