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THIS JUST IN: GAMBLING IS GAMBLING
Stay tuned for more after the weather, brought to you by Kalshi.
10 quid says it's gonna rain!
they literally will let you gamble on this btw https://polymarket.com/event/where-will-it-rain-on-august-31-2026
Wow. I was just joking, I didn't expect that to be a real thing.
I don't like prediction markets, but I guess one good thing would be that it motivates investment into weather prediction models. Something we will need to improve even further, because of climate change.