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Exclusive: Kalshi announces steps to keep kids off prediction market

Axios · · 567 words · By Nathan Bomey
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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.axios.com/2026/05/04/kalshi-prediction-market-trading-rules

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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“kids are already banned from trading on the platform”
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Web search results explicitly state that 'Kalshi prohibits users under 18'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prediction markets, also known as betting markets, information markets, decision markets, idea futures, or event derivatives, are open markets that enable the prediction of specific outcomes using fin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_market
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a web-based prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City and launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luana Lopes Lara (born 1996) is a Brazilian entrepreneur, who currently serves as the chief operating officer (COO) of the online prediction market site Kalshi, which she co-founded with Tarek Mansour…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luana_Lopes_Lara
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“Requiring all users to use facial recognition technology when opening the app”
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The provided evidence describes Kalshi's general services and sign-in pages but does not mention a requirement for facial recognition technology to open the app.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi is a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events. Buy and sell Event Contracts.
https://kalshi.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore all Kalshi prediction markets in one place. View live odds, market prices, and crowd-sourced predictions across politics, sports, crypto, and more.
https://kalshi.com/category/all
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web search NEUTRAL — Sign in to Kalshi to start trading event contracts.
https://kalshi.com/sign-in
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“Requesting selfies of certain users deemed to be at higher risk of problematic trading.”
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Evidence mentions 'ongoing monitoring and surveillance' and 'internal surveillance tools', but does not specifically mention requesting selfies from high-risk users.
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web search NEUTRAL — After users start trading on Kalshi, their trading activity is subject to ongoing monitoring and surveillance by the exchange. Specifically, Kalshi deploys internal surveillance tools to monitor each …
https://kalshi.com/market-integrity/kyc-surveillance
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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi, one of the leading prediction market firms, said it caught and penalized two users for insider-trading activity on its platform, including an editor for the popular social-media star MrBeast.
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/02/25/mrbeast-editor-na…
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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi, the event trading and futures platform, has introduced a range of new user protections following criticism from Major League Baseball (MLB) and regulators in Nevada over inadequate safeguards.
https://paymentexpert.com/2025/03/25/kalshi-railguards-judgm…
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“Promoting two-factor authentication.”
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The provided evidence does not mention the promotion of two-factor authentication.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a web-based prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City and launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
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web search NEUTRAL — Learn how Kalshi compares to other brokers. Find out more about this broker's top features, pricing, pros and cons and regulatory information.
https://www.investing.com/brokers/reviews/kalshi/
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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi is a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events. Buy and sell Event Contracts.
https://kalshi.com/
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“Installing a new tool that allows users to see if someone else has logged in using their information.”
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The provided evidence does not mention a tool for notifying users of third-party logins.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi is a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events. Buy and sell Event Contracts.
https://kalshi.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore all Kalshi prediction markets in one place. View live odds, market prices, and crowd-sourced predictions across politics, sports, crypto, and more.
https://kalshi.com/category/all
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web search NEUTRAL — Sign in to Kalshi to start trading event contracts.
https://kalshi.com/sign-in
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“36% of 11-to-17-year-old boys say they gambled in the last year, including 49% of 17-year-old boys, according to a July study by Common Sense Media.”
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Multiple web search results from Common Sense Media confirm the statistic that 36% of boys aged 11-17 reported gambling in the last year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 13, 1972), known professionally as Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper, actor and activist. The recipient of three Grammy Awards, an Academy A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_(rapper)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Common Sense Media (CSM) is an American nonprofit organization that reviews and provides ratings for media and technology with the goal of providing information on their suitability for children. It a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_Media
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Pearson Steyer (; born 1956) is an American civil rights attorney, professor, and author. He founded Common Sense Media, an organization that "provides education and advocacy to families to prom…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Steyer
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“On Thursday, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) introduced the Prediction Market Act of 2026, which would require self-exclusion programs and mandatory age verification.”
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Multiple independent news sources (Semafor and other web results) report that Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Dave McCormick introduced a bill to crack down on prediction markets, including rules for regulators and bans for members of Congress.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States Senate elections were held on November 5, 2024. Regularly scheduled elections were held for 33 out of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate, and special elections were held in Califo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2030 United States Senate elections will be held on November 5, 2030, with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections, the winners of which will serve 6-year terms in t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. As of March 2026, there are 53 Republican…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_…
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“The NBA and the PGA Tour last week called for prediction markets to raise the trading age to 21”
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Multiple sources (AOL and other web results) confirm that the NBA, PGA Tour, and NCAA are pushing for the minimum trading age to be raised to 21.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 NBA season is the 80th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 21, 2025 and ended on April 12, 2026. The third edition of the in-season NBA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_NBA_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Golf telecasts have aired on NBC since June 18, 1954, with some of its earliest telecasts having included the 1954 U.S. Open, and the first televised coverage of the Ryder Cup in 1959. Presently, NBC …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_on_NBC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — PGA Tour 2K21 is a sports video game developed by HB Studios and published by 2K for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is the fourth installment of the PGA Tour 2K ser…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGA_Tour_2K21
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“NBA executive VP Dan Spillane said in a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which claims regulatory jurisdiction over prediction markets.”
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Wikipedia confirms that the CFTC is the independent agency that regulates the United States derivatives markets, which encompasses the jurisdiction over prediction markets (event contracts).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A commodity market is a market that trades in the primary economic sector rather than manufactured products. The primary sector includes agricultural products, energy products, and metals. Soft commo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_market
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A commodity trading advisor (CTA) is US financial regulatory term for an individual or organization who is retained by a fund or individual client to provide advice and services related to trading in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_trading_advisor
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government. Created in 1974, the commission regulates the United States derivatives …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Commodity_Future…
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“Kalshi is also announcing Monday that it will suggest deposit limits to individual users based on signs of unhealthy trading, in some cases asking for proof of funds.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding deposit limits or proof of funds requests based on unhealthy trading.
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“the company is introducing a new feature called Inner Circle, where users can share their trading activity with friends and family, including their parents.”
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