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The logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley

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What happened

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/magazine/gambling-prediction-markets-statistics.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49959583 Points: 11 # Comments: 5…

Key facts

  • Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/magazine/gambling-prediction-markets-statistics.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49959583 Points: 11 # Comments: 5…
  • Reported by Hacker News and published Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:58:08 UTC.

Why it matters

Platform, chip and AI decisions set the terms other companies have to build on, so a single announcement here tends to ripple through products, supply chains and regulation.

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