Prediction markets claim they’re unlike sportsbooks. For gambling addicts and clinicians, it’s all the same

The soccer coach had blocked himself from sportsbooks by the time he found prediction markets.The tax accountant said he “got the same high” on those platforms that he got from gambling. “That was how I relapsed — with Kalshi and Polymarket. I lost a bunch of money.”The rapid growth of prediction markets has sparked a high-stakes debate that is playing out in courts and legislatures all over the country. Operators of those companies believe they should be regulated like t...