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Spencer Cox: “These prediction markets you are breathlessly defending are gambling — pure and simple. They are destroying the lives of…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2026
These prediction markets you are breathlessly defending are gambling — pure and simple. They are destroying the lives of families and countless Americans, especially young men. They have no place in Utah.
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Spencer Cox
Republican · Utah
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Statement on prediction markets and gambling.

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