(The Center Square) – Kalshi faces backlash for an America 250 advertising campaign that asks users to imagine betting on whether Major League Baseball would end racial segregation.
Veteran journalist Hazel Trice Edney accused the prediction market company of turning Jackie Robinson’s struggle into a gambling line in an op-ed that the New Pittsburgh Courier published July 10.
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