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Election betting on prediction markets apps is set to boom ahead of midterms

Prediction market apps are growing in popularity, allowing people to bet on everything. Critics fear that turning every scenario into a wager could lead to people and institutions being manipulated.

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Bobby Allyn is a business reporter at NPR based in San Francisco. He covers technology and how Silicon Valley's largest companies are transforming how we live and reshaping society.

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