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Re:Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block sta... by nazgulsenpai on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:45PM (#50396533)
I'm against government regulation of gambling in principle but in reality, they have an uphill battle trying to convince any reasonable person that 'its platform offers “swaps” that can only be regulated by the US Commodity Futures Exchange (CFTC)'.
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Re:Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block sta... by bgun on Friday November 06, 2026 @01:58PM (#50396724)
How do you feel about government regulation of heroin? Do your principles apply equally across all forms of “personal responsibility”?
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Re:Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block sta... by KerrAvon on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:11PM (#50396900)
How do you feel about government regulation of abortion? We could play this game all day.
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Re:Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block sta... by Muromec on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:36PM (#50398849)
How do you feel about government regulation of slavery? Surely some people would benefit from having stable for-life emplpoyment instead of current unpredictable job market.
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Re:Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block sta... by dang on Friday November 06, 2026 @02:57PM (#50397529)
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Kalshi court losses pile up as judges refuse to block sta... by BobaFloutist on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:31PM (#50398802)
Do you think that a state government shouldn't be permitted to regulate gambling, or do you prefer a state government that chooses not to?

I ask because there are issues where I have an opinion, but I think the "marketplace of ideas" is a reasonable solution, and there are issues where I'm a strong enough proponent of my opinion that I would prefer to live in a world where it is federal (or even global) law.

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