This article from Post-Crescent Media recounts examples of how regular, everyday, law-abiding citizens can turn into embezzling criminals when their gambling addictions drive them to do so. In one case, an employee embezzled a half of a million dollars to finance her gambling from the Wisconsin non-profit Goodwill Industries. It just goes to show what happens to the conscience of an average person when they develop a gambling addiction.
“New York City Launches Sweeping Investigation Into Polymarket and Kalshi” | The Wall Street Journal
August 12, 2026
By Kevin T. Dugan, Katherine Long “The New York City Council is investigating four prediction markets for alleged deceptive marketing