gambling
Example Sentences
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In a sense, these products blur the lines between investing and gambling.
From MarketWatch
She added: "It's not right that unlicensed gambling operators can sponsor some of our biggest football clubs, raising their profile and potentially drawing fans towards sites that don't meet our regulatory standards."
From BBC
Dozens of crypto-related funds, leveraged metals funds, and new applications for ETFs that would track event prediction contract prices from online gambling platforms are among the new offerings making financial advisers queasy.
They have sued to block Kalshi and others from operating, arguing that states have primary authority to license and regulate gambling.
Critics of prediction markets say the binary nature of the wagers is risky and akin to gambling.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
