Wealthsimple’s new prediction markets app exposes gaps in Canada’s gambling protections (theconversation.com)

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Author: Jeffrey Derevensky | Professor & Chair, Educational & Counselling Psychology, McGill University

Wealthsimple is launching a CIRO-approved prediction markets app soon. The evidence suggests most traders lose money, and the products look a lot like gambling.

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