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Anna Betts in New York

Prediction market Kalshi to give $2m to problem gambling group as it fights ‘gambling’ label

A large digital billboard displays NYC mayoral election polling percentages with blue and red sides above a busy street crossing
A Kalshi billboard displaying New York City mayoral election odds in New York on 27 October 2025. Photograph: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The prediction market Kalshi, which maintains it is not a gambling platform, has announced plans to give $2m to the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) as it continues to ride a nationwide surge.

While prediction markets allow users to bet – or “trade” – on the outcome of almost anything, from elections to sports to geopolitical events, the industry has vehemently fought efforts by state officials to regulate its platforms like those of conventional gambling giants.

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