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Over $1 BILLION lost by Kalshi combo buyers, according to InGame. Market makers have earned roughly $520 million after fees.
One detail deserves more scrutiny: persistent account IDs let market makers recognize repeat bettors and decide whether to quote them.
Kalshi says “we never limit customers for winning.”
What’s that worth if market makers can track your account and stop quoting you once they realize you’re not a fish?
You risk ending up with professional firms selling overpriced parlays to the customers who will be financially ruined by these products.
The prediction market industry calls this “price discovery.”
States call it gambling.
As someone who “gambled” for 20+ years, I can assure you it’s gambling. And a particularly insidious form when you obscure how predatory it is by rebranding parlays as “combos” and betting as “trading.”
These sites can and should do better.
Kalshi parlay takers have now lost more than $1 billion since the feature launched last year, after a huge surge in popularity this football season, an InGame analysis shows.
Since parlays first became available in September 2025, Kalshi’s total volume on multi-leg trades has been $165.6 billion. Taker stakes — the closest equivalent to sportsbook handle — are $7.1 billion, and takers have lost $1.004 billion.
Kurt retweeted
deployed my cash...
cheetoh boy getting his nuts cut off is good for the markets imo.
fading into darkness chud or... happy chud.... time will tell
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Pooblic Servise Annoncemint:
Awl Hallowws' Eev issa particularli activ periodd forr Wossum predashun
Iff u arr reddi too acceppt de lite ob de Matriarch's beatificc pestilens intoo ur hart, bi awl meens, goo trik orr treetinng
Butt iff u arr naught reddi, eet iss besst too taeke precaushuns
- Blok awl dors an windos wif sturdi timburr
- Blok awl chimnees an HVAC vennts (dis issa commonli oeverlukd entrie poinnt forr hungri Wossums)
- Offder a sacrifiece owtsied ur fronnt dor (inn lieue ob u an ur famalie beein de involuntarie sacrifiece)
- Moast importantli - doo naught venshure owt afterr darrk
Happi Awl Hallowws' Eev! Mei u an ur famalie survieve unntill de morrninng lite, an iff u doo naught, mei u finde salvashun inn de acct ob ur involuntarie sacrifiece
Hallowwd arr herr fanngs 🙏
Kurt retweeted
Cool story faggot
MY FATHER IS 63 AND JUST TOOK HIS HOUSE OFF THE MARKET BECAUSE NOBODY CAME.
Not a single walkthrough in five months.
He wasn't flipping it. He bought that place back in 1996, raised four kids inside it, and needs to downsize because his hip is shot and maintaining a two-story yard is impossible now.
Zillow just released data showing why nobody showed up.
840,000 active buyers nationwide. Lowest number in over a decade.
1.38 million sellers.
Over half a million more people trying to get out than get in.
Here's what killed it. Run a $450,000 mortgage at 7.2%.
Pay every single month for five straight years, never miss a deadline, and you'll still owe roughly $425,000.
Five years of hard labor. Twenty five grand of principal paid off.
That's not buying a home. That's renting capital from a bank while paying property taxes for the privilege.
So my father sits in a home he can't sell, can't maintain, and can't afford to leave. And the young buyers who want it can't afford the interest.
THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN. ONE GENERATION CAN'T BUY IN AND ANOTHER CAN'T ESCAPE.
Nobody is coming to save it.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Zillow did not release the cited data on 840000 active buyers or 1.38 million sellers. Redfin estimated ~929000 buyers and ~1.51 million sellers in September 2026; Zillow reported 1.39 million homes for sale but no matching buyer total.
redfin.com/news/buyers-vs…
zillow.com/news/zillows-s…
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PSA
Pooblic Servise Annoncemint:
Awl Hallowws' Eev issa particularli activ periodd forr Wossum predashun
Iff u arr reddi too acceppt de lite ob de Matriarch's beatificc pestilens intoo ur hart, bi awl meens, goo trik orr treetinng
Butt iff u arr naught reddi, eet iss besst too taeke precaushuns
- Blok awl dors an windos wif sturdi timburr
- Blok awl chimnees an HVAC vennts (dis issa commonli oeverlukd entrie poinnt forr hungri Wossums)
- Offder a sacrifiece owtsied ur fronnt dor (inn lieue ob u an ur famalie beein de involuntarie sacrifiece)
- Moast importantli - doo naught venshure owt afterr darrk
Happi Awl Hallowws' Eev! Mei u an ur famalie survieve unntill de morrninng lite, an iff u doo naught, mei u finde salvashun inn de acct ob ur involuntarie sacrifiece
Hallowwd arr herr fanngs 🙏
Kurt retweeted
you need to be jerome bettis mode here and now in all markets
you have to play through contact
thats why playing contact sports so important
you need to know that feeling of inertia
and getting hit
and knowing how to hit and push forward
jerome bettis mode
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bj
gizmo is sitting on a seed phrase
the wallet has puppet #5947 in it
one secret pat makes him get up. nobody knows which one. he doesn't either (he’s a cat)
pat him till he moves
opens 13:40 amsterdam time
felt.cash/?gizmo