Regulators shut down an online market for futures contracts related to political outcomes.
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The Feds Don’t Want You Betting on Elections
Wall Street Journal
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
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Gambling Is Not the Future
Wall Street Journal
Sunday, November 6, 2022
Regarding Donald Luskin’s op-ed “The Feds Don’t Want You Betting on Elections” (Nov. 2): Listed futures contracts must serve some commercial purpose, such as hedging grain or currencies. A futures contract for $2 on Backfire in the third race at Pimlico, however, would be gambling. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is saying that electoral futures are gambling, not commercial.