Everything is gambling now: the latest news on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi
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Just kidding! But some news organizations are offering prediction market affiliate codes — and publishing thousands of stories pushing gambling deals. Popular Information reports that news orgs owned by Advance Local (including The Oregonian and The Cleveland Plain Dealer) are on track to run more than 14,000 pieces of “gambling slop” this year promoting deals for sportsbooks, casinos, and prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi.
Pulitzer-winning newsrooms are quietly publishing mountains of gambling slop
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