Work Highlights
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Sportico
Kalshi Retail Bettors Have Lost $100M+ on Parlays This Year
Intensive data research and visualization project to publish never before reported information about user losses on prediction markets.
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Sportico
Polymarket Rebels Still Betting in Banned Countries Using VPNs
I spoke with multiple people who confirmed that despite Polymarket's public posturing about improved market integrity and surveillance, users in the U.S. were still easily skirting the platform's location rules.
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Sportico
What Is Polymarket Doing in Panama?
Exclusive story using government records and other details from investigative reporting to publish the first in-depth piece about Polymarket's international exchange operations in Panama.
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Sportico
Battle of the Bookies: Gaming Savants Face Wall Street's Best
Prediction markets are pitting sportsbook oddsmaking veterans and their algorithms against financial firms—an underdiscussed battleground for the industry.
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Sportico
Kalshi Takes Compliance PR Tour Amid Prediction Market Backlash
After hiring a new head of communications with a background fighting PR fires at Meta, Kalshi began going on the offensive to sway public opinion.
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Sportico
Kalshi's Parlays Bring Limitations, Losses to Most Retail Bettors
Introducing parlays to prediction markets strained some of Kalshi's talking points about its exchange being peer-to-peer. A first-of-its-kind explainer.
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Sportico
Kalshi's Trading Arm Muddles 'Peer-to-Peer' Claims
The first reporter to dig into the existence of Kalshi Trading, the affiliated trading arm of Kalshi Inc. that offers bets to retail users.
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Sportico
Kalshi Says Its 'Odds' Hats and 'Bet' Ads Don't Make It a Gambling App
Using transparency documents from Google and Meta, a look into how Kalshi's advertising seemed to conflict with its public messaging.
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Sportico
A New Target for Sports Bettors: Doctors With Injury Info
When prominent athletes get injured, the doctors working with them must contend with gamblers seeking an edge.
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Sporting News
Behind the Demise of On-Field Bullpens in MLB and Their Lasting Imprint on the Game
The definitive deep dive into a decades-long MLB quirk that has finally disappeared, with player interviews and historical clippings.
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Sporting News
How Online Chess Became a Pandemic Coping Mechanism, Like It Did Centuries Ago Offline
Chess exploded in popularity early in the COVID-19 pandemic, both for players online and Twitch viewers watching grandmasters compete.
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The Diamondback
A Series of Life-Threatening Events Didn't Halt J.C. Jackson's NFL Dreams
A favorite college piece, two months in the making — a profile that taught me more about reporting than almost anything else.
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