Kalshi prediction site suspends three political candidates for betting on their own races
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/politics/kalshi-prediction-site-suspend-political-candidates
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/politics/kalshi-prediction-site-suspend-political-candidates
15 Comments
GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 139d
Great; now out and suspend those close to Trump that keep pulling this shit.
mrunicornman@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 139d
For those who don't know, Trump Jr. is an official advisor to Kalshi.
dhork@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 139d
Pete Rose may be gone, but his spirit lives on
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 139d
Pete rose
.. to power
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 17 pts · 139d
That's actually brilliant to bet against yourself.
If you loose the election, you win $$.
If you win the election, you loose some $$ short term, but then get it back with all the envelops of cash and future inside trading.
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 139d
Basically insurance without the greedy CEOs
parson0@startrek.website · 9 pts · 139d
Just the fine, upstanding folks at Kashi or Polymarket
Gonzako@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
Yeah, gods of the "Machine of truth"
favoredponcho@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 139d
Almacca@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 139d
Calling it a 'prediction' market doesn't make it any less a gambling site at best, and a vehicle for insider trading at worst. They need to be made illegal.
(Edit to fix typos)
KelvarCherry@piefed.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 139d
Yeah I support this guy's use. Really, it's the system that is the problem; not the individual politicians. Besides, the President of the USA has done far worse.
resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 7 pts · 139d
Now do the rest of them.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 139d
The only time I’d be okay with this is if they are betting in a way that they can’t directly influence.
Bet you lose? Not okay. Bet you do something on a date, or at all? Not okay. Bet you win? That seems fine to me.
billwashere@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
3… just 3
TipRing@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
Is Kalshi the one whose CEO says he doesn't read (or can't read)?
eletes@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 139d
No that's the Governor of California /s