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Brazilian President Calls For Online Casino Ban To Protect Women Brazilian law for online casinos could change, after Brazil's president called for banning the platforms. Lula said addiction is high.

Brazilian President Calls For Online Casino Ban To Protect Women

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Sports Betting Self-Exclusion Extraordinarily Low, Report Shows Understand sports betting self exclusion and its importance in managing gambling habits to promote responsible betting practices.

Sports Betting Self-Exclusion Extraordinarily Low, Report Shows

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Sports Betting Self-Exclusion Extraordinarily Low, Report Shows Understand sports betting self exclusion and its importance in managing gambling habits to promote responsible betting practices.

Sports Betting Self-Exclusion Extraordinarily Low, Report Shows

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US Sports Betting Advertising Still The 'Wild West' In 2026 An alarming study of sports betting social media ads shows betting apps are throwing caution to the wind regarding advertising.

US Sports Betting Advertising Still The 'Wild West' In 2026

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Prediction Markets Are The New Online Poker—Not Sports Betting Explore the similarities of online poker and prediction markets. Discover the risks and challenges between each form of betting.

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Online Gambling Raises Self-Injury Risk, Study Finds Online gambling raises your risk of self-injury and self-harm, according to new research. Problem gambling is linked to non-suicidal injury.

Online Gambling Raises Self-Injury Risk, Study Finds

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Online Gambling Raises Self-Injury Risk, Study Finds Online gambling raises your risk of self-injury and self-harm, according to new research. Problem gambling is linked to non-suicidal injury.

Online Gambling Raises Self-Injury Risk, Study Finds

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New: Two-thirds of Gen Z and Millennials (62%) seek AI answers to predict game outcomes (source: The Harris Poll).

Prediction Markets Are The New Online Poker—Not Sports Betting Explore the similarities of online poker and prediction markets. Discover the risks and challenges between each form of betting.

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US Sports Betting Advertising Still The 'Wild West' In 2026 An alarming study of sports betting social media ads shows betting apps are throwing caution to the wind regarding advertising.

US Sports Betting Advertising Still The 'Wild West' In 2026

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Wisconsin Online Sports Betting Unpopular, Poll Says The issue of legal Wisconsin online sports betting is unpopular among voters, according to a February 2026 Marquette poll.

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Gambling Site Turns Iran War Into Slots Game The Iran war inspired at slots game at the offshore gambling platform Jackpot.bet. The product raises serious ethical concerns.

Gambling Site Turns Iran War Into Slots Game

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Parlays Are Bad For Your Brain: The Near-Miss Effect Parlays bets often come close to winning but fall short, creating a risky near-miss effect for the brain. These can be psychologically risky.

Similar to slots, parlays can produce a near-miss effect, which could be harmful to users. Explore why most online sports betting revenue comes from these wagers.

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JUST IN: This might be the worst polling results for the integrity of US sports in recent memory. I can't recall it looking this bad across sports broadly.

- President's son involved with largest PMs
- CFTC chair's old law firm reps Polymarket
- His old client led a Kalshi funding round

Prediction markets are the swamp. Drain it.

Instead of connection to the world, social media makes it possible, for the first time in human history, for the world to *not* connect with you. The fundamental quality of social media is separation.

A Brazilian court has ordered online gambling websites to display a product warning:

“Gambling can cause pathological addiction (gambling disorder), anxiety disorders, depression, and lead to over-indebtedness. Gamble responsibly. Prohibited for those under 18 years of age."

With leading Democratic presidential candidate Gavin Newsom today calling sports betting through so-called prediction markets a form of "corruption," it seems quite possible we'll see this topic on the presidential debate stage in 2028.

(satire)

JUST IN: Kalshi has patented an AI that can keep a deceased person's betting account active and running.

I Visited Polymarket’s Closed Grocery Store. It Was A Cry For Help. Polymarket ran a short grocery store stunt in NYC during February 2026. The ploy does little to help its controversial reputation.

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Gambling Site Essentially Took Bets On NASA Astronauts Dying In Explosion Polymarket took bets on whether a crewed NASA mission to the moon would end in a catastrophic explosion, presumably killing Artemis II crew.

Gambling Site Essentially Took Bets On NASA Astronauts Dying In Explosion

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Ever wonder how much sports gamblers seek to win each year? Well, at DraftKings alone it was $2.5 trillion, mostly through super long-shot parlays.

(Source: company shareholder letter)

Trillions In Parlay Dreams: DraftKings Users Sought $2.5T DraftKings said that in 2025 its sports bettors sought to win $2.5 trillion, primarily from long-shot parlays.

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Major League Baseball is considering partnerships with Kalshi and/or Polymarket ahead of the 2026 season (per ESPN).

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Grooming kids is part of Robinhood's biz model.

Its CEO in an interview yesterday after talking about plans for prediction markets:

"We want to get your partner on Robinhood, your children, your parents, grandparents, the whole family. And we're building tools accordingly."