This 1 high school class is worth $100,000—and most students still don’t take it

A Baylor College of Medicine pediatrician just told Texas lawmakers that “high school seniors are legally walking around with Vegas in their pockets.” Lindy McGee was describing prediction-market apps such as Kalshi and Polymarket, where users as young as 18 bet real money on soccer games, elections, and pop-culture outcomes. The Texas Medical Association wants the minimum age raised to 21. The apps sit in a regulatory gap. The federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversees them, and t...