NBA Teams Bench Star Players To Lose Like It’s An Olympic Sport

KEY POINTS

•Prediction markets let bettors legally wager on events like Nicolás Maduro’s capture and surprise Super Bowl cameos.
•The NBA fined Utah Jazz for benching starters late in games to improve draft odds, fueling fan distrust.
•The Trump family profited billions from crypto during his second term, while Hunter Biden was pardoned for gun and tax offenses.

In 2026’s version of capitalism meets Texas Hold 'Em, prediction markets are turning insider trading into a legally packaged party favor. Opportunists bet on everything from Nicolás Maduro’s future arrest to surprise Super Bowl appearances, with Kalshi defending it like it’s Dickensian philanthropy. Meanwhile, the NBA’s Utah Jazz, proudly sporting an 18-38 record, sat their best players fourth-quarter Sunday to secure a loss because the draft lottery is now more than a game, it’s performance art. MLB and NBA players caught rigging games for bets? Check. Trump’s crypto billions from his second term and Hunter Biden’s presidential pardon mix power, scams, and political immunity like a high-stakes cocktail. Gen Z’s faith tanking worse than the Jazz’s fourth quarter, with only 13% optimistic and a terrifying 39% okay with political violence. It’s a dystopian buffet of ethics on the rocks.