{"id":150655,"date":"2026-05-01T01:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150655"},"modified":"2026-05-01T01:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T01:30:08","slug":"why-governments-beyond-hong-kong-are-wary-of-prediction-marketsunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150655","title":{"rendered":"Why governments beyond Hong Kong are wary of prediction marketsUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostAfter winning legislative backing for the Hong Kong Jockey Club to offer basketball betting \u2013 an initiative aimed at drawing punters away from illegal online bookmakers and capturing additional tax revenue \u2013 the government has now paused the roll-out.<br \/>\nOfficials say the rise of prediction markets has altered the landscape and warrants closer examination. So, what is it about prediction markets that unsettles officials?<br \/>\nPrediction markets are online platforms where the menu stretches far beyond&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/hong-kong-opinion\/article\/3351875\/why-governments-beyond-hong-kong-are-wary-prediction-markets?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostAfter winning legislative backing for the Hong Kong Jockey Club to offer basketball betting \u2013 an initiative aimed at drawing punters&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150655"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150655\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}