The people betting on catastrophic world events

from Today in Focus · host The Guardian

Prediction markets allow you to put money on everything from the US attacking Iran to Jesus returning. Saahil Desai explains their dizzying rise. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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