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Meta’s Prediction Market App, Europe vs. Big Tech, and Hollywood’s Comeback
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World Cup, Prediction Markets & Meta's Arena App
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Scott pivots to what he sees as the most alarming cultural story unfolding in real time: staggering amounts of money — disproportionately from young men with underdeveloped impulse control — are being wagered on World Cup outcomes through prediction markets [1] — Scott Galloway "The World Cup is generating staggering volumes on prediction markets — over $5 billion already traded on Polymarket and Kalshi alone, dwarf…" 06:56 . He predicts those numbers will surpass comparable Las Vegas volumes and could push Polymarket and Kalshi toward IPOs, drawing Goldman and JPMorgan interest. Kara flags that Mark Zuckerberg has just announced Meta's prediction-market entry, an app called Arena. Scott is sceptical of the build-from-scratch approach and argues a $40–60 billion acquisition of an existing player would be a smarter use of a 2–3% dilution — consistent with his 'second mouse gets the cheese' theory of Meta's innovation strategy.
