{"id":197224,"date":"2026-01-17T15:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/they-quit-their-day-jobs-to-bet-on-current-events-a-look-inside-the-prediction-market-mania-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T15:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:20:57","slug":"they-quit-their-day-jobs-to-bet-on-current-events-a-look-inside-the-prediction-market-mania-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/they-quit-their-day-jobs-to-bet-on-current-events-a-look-inside-the-prediction-market-mania-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania &#8211; NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxOcG1McklnZ0M2c2RJVk9xS3ZMVW9IV0Fzc0szSExuMzEwUHI0ekVUdko0YnNCMEEtZzFxdWM0TXNiQ0c2VFRlaGVpc2dsQzltbXlOdWR5OWh5WUNMaURGU05DSEx1N0w3RnFzWVJUaTluNHBlRWRyeUtsa0R1SzVyWXFEMVlmaEhqdjBMVWRSbHFhMGduZXBlNnY5VVNYUEkxUmluaWFBdkUtZmpU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE5jX0pXa3RxUlNWMjc4LV9WR21oVmpKdW96UEdxNURHV1hkeklxQkxSMGZvNjJWTG9vdUFNcWRUNnJaNG03NUVhYkdSQkl3VW5zd3A0TUhtS2JSenc4c1FfRzdBbDRlZXhFZ29VbkxJcVc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street groups hire traders to wade into prediction markets<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Financial Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNYkJnT1V1dV9Hb285REViLXJKSmVvTVB6dGgwMDFFOWs1ZktHWjM3YXpmYUgteUlxVER1Z0ZNdjdkblprZnFGeWprNkVWT0p4dzh3V0VXYk9IUDJoWUc0Z0RZMUR4UVNtY1FuYXlFcU1XN1JObDNMMk1iSGxZNkJiTnl1ek1VOTF0b0Z1QU1vdnpqWXd6OEVCTFhmQWZmMS11VGJ0SnBCNNIBrAFBVV95cUxOVHkzRGNMclFvRFNsTEE4bE5ZZGhZZS1LXy10ZXE2LWRSVVpIWVNCSmlVcG5fTVVzSmJSWEtCNjl3XzEwTXVCakZfcE1Ca21ZaC1yYTkxcFQyWnpZQWNCcXI2MDJvc3RnYy11aVRBNUdGY0Jxb1pWdk8xQ3E5cUs4eU80cWt5bDc3QkFxa29tSlpHTFNuMF90eVJYbVdvU041akZzeW43NXAyd2Vv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">College students and teens could be fueling the prediction markets boom<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOUGo3ZDgxWUhrX21US0FyQzdyZXJtYVRpbXJ3dWV1eGRVM0Y5X1VET0VEV2IteTdEWnB0M09TUDIyMUdMMDJZUWVaSm1UVDJJa1cyMEFsZlZZWTNVX21xX2ZxRFk2ejVPZkpfV3h4TE9WRXRkaXgyWDZsMThPZVlILWV4YTlGOW85eG9GSS1aTW1vNkFEbUZCWjV2aU5nd1hLOXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trading prediction markets and making money. What&#8217;s the big deal? (HOOD:NASDAQ)<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Seeking Alpha<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigJBVV95cUxNOWNYZ2RFOTROOXlfVFUzaW50Qm9oSkUtVWVmVkhvRXhDSjhZMEZQTWhoemEwY3R2YzRRaFliVTdmVm0za3BaNVRqS25za0EweUdrdUM2SmlDeDNueXlhUkpwTXo1M1VnVEJteUEtUzRsQ1NPdmQ4ZVpMUDZMN0hOVkttZG53MVdhaEdUVXdjVjhOQ25DaTBUeGQ2Q1FKdnJGbmdsMkpjWWZtdmdMR1k0aFVCcXJBcjZHd2NtYkFaUFNudEcyUk1ZbHpWWlNnX0tnNkM0UlFlaVBnNGRMd2J3Y1pHTjk0MDZIRFNGZlpoMFBFRzZuQm8wLUxEcm1sQ3JDZlJ2SFZGcjl1dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">From Courtroom to Living Room: How Kalshi\u2019s 2024 Victory Built the $40 Billion Prediction Economy of 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">FinancialContent<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxOcG1McklnZ0M2c2RJVk9xS3ZMVW9IV0Fzc0szSExuMzEwUHI0ekVUdko0YnNCMEEtZzFxdWM0TXNiQ0c2VFRlaGVpc2dsQzltbXlOdWR5OWh5WUNMaURGU05DSEx1N0w3RnFzWVJUaTluNHBlRWRyeUtsa0R1SzVyWXFEMVlmaEhqdjBMVWRSbHFhMGduZXBlNnY5VVNYUEkxUmluaWFBdkUtZmpU?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania&nbsp;&nbsp;NPR Wall Street groups hire traders to wade into prediction markets&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Times College students and teens could be fueling the prediction markets boom&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC Trading prediction markets and making money. What&#8217;s the big deal? (HOOD:NASDAQ)&nbsp;&nbsp;Seeking Alpha From Courtroom to Living [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":197225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-197224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news-video","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}