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Ann Jacobs on prediction markets and Wisconsin election law

Wisconsin Elections Commission member Ann Jacobs discusses an agency advisory that buying and selling prediction market contracts on election outcomes violates state law on making bets and voting.

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

July 31, 2026

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