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staff can use insider information from their careers in government to bet in prediction markets and profit. In April, prosecutors charged a U.S. soldier with using classified information to bet and win more than
staff held a meeting and verbally agreed to the ban. He then added the prediction market ban to the campaign employee handbook. Election betting has been legal for years, despite insider-trading concerns from lawmakers
candidates for placing bets on themselves. These wagers raise [concerns about how campaign operatives might exploit](http://npr.org/2026/05/07/nx-s1-5795891/prediction-markets-kalshi-polymarket-campaigns) private information for quick financial gain amid an unsettled legal landscape. ### Today's listen ![The Mariachi