#dark-horses

#dark-horses

The growth in sports betting is spurred by Gen Z and Millennials, who increasingly engage in high-risk sports betting, stock trading, and cryptocurrency speculation on mobile devices.

Stacking refers to the practice of loading your lineup with multiple players from the same game or the same team. It is a widely used strategy, and most major DFS platforms allow it.

House Bill 904, which has cleared the House and is under Senate review, would give the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation expanded control over various forms of wagering, including fantasy sports and prediction markets.

Mega IPOs like OpenAI and SpaceX are creating a gravity well in the public markets, what that means for smaller companies waiting to go public and whether the IPO pipeline is actually reopening in 2026. They also dig into the growing tension inside software companies as AI agents begin to threaten seat based pricing models and what recent disclosures are quietly admitting about the competitive risks.

From Plato to Charles Barkley, great minds have warned about the destructive power of gambling. The way societies have usually managed the vice is to cordon it off. It's legal, but contained to disreputable places, such as red-light districts, riverboats, and Nevada. This was true in much of the United States until 2018, when a Supreme Court ruling opened the door to legalized sports betting nationwide.

Under-regulated prediction markets have exposed America to needless public safety and national security risks by allowing traders to invest in outcomes related to sensitive matters like terrorism, assassination, war, or elections. Prediction markets also sponsor sports-related contracts against the wishes of many states, including Utah, that would otherwise prohibit these contracts if offered as traditional sports betting.

Underdog Fantasy is primarily known as a daily fantasy sports platform, but it has grown into one of the more versatile options for college basketball. During March Madness, Underdog typically offers player pick markets where you select whether a specific player will go over or under a projected stat line. These picks usually cover categories like points, rebounds, assists, three-pointers made, and combined stats like points plus rebounds plus assists.

The Super Bowl is still the biggest stage in advertising, but the smartest brands aren't treating it as a one-night spectacle. This year's most effective campaigns show how the Big Game has become a credibility signal, one that feeds algorithms, extends digital momentum and builds trust through participation, purpose and follow-through. The Super Bowl has fully reclaimed its place as the most influential moment in American media, but the way brands are using it has changed.

Last winter, it appeared that two groups were in a tenuous relationship, held together by Elon Musk's shameless execution of the DOGE agenda and Big Tech signing massive checks to settle Donald Trump's lawsuits against them. But last night, the Trump administration made a choice: the money. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that they would sue any state who tried to regulate prediction markets like Kalshi - even the Republican states.

Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk has long garnered a reputation for being massively wrong in his promises and predictions about the future. In 2024, for instance, he said that AI would become "smarter than the smartest human" by 2025. He said his company's SpaceX Starship rocket, which is still exploding during test flights, will land on Mars this year. Like clockwork, he's predicted that self-driving cars will become a reality "next year" every year for well over a decade now.

Users will be able to combine multiple selections from the same event into one bet, rather than using pre-set accumulators. That allows for more flexibility and choice when it comes to outcomes, including both race winners and more precise selections about performance. They can also be combined with other sports, meaning you can bet on multiple events in one go.

Pick'em contests are a streamlined version of daily fantasy sports. Instead of building a full lineup and competing against other users, you are simply choosing whether a player will go over or under a stat projection. Some platforms let you choose between two outcomes, while others offer a flex option that still pays out even if one of your picks misses. The appeal is clear. You do not need deep fantasy knowledge or hours of research to participate.