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

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GuyFawkesV@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 139d (1 reply)

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 (1 reply)

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 (3 replies)

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 (2 replies)

Basically insurance without the greedy CEOs

parson0@startrek.website · 9 pts · 139d (1 reply)

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
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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

One of the other traders was Virginia independent Mark Moran, who is running for Senate. Kalshi said Moran bet in October that he would announce a political run, and then publicly launched his campaign in January.

In an interview with CNN, Moran said the trades were a stunt so that a “longshot” candidate like himself could draw attention to “illegal gambling” happening on prediction sites.

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 (1 reply)

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