📰 Great to talk to The Fix Media (a European trade magazine) about prediction markets 💵 💲 for the piece below, specifically on what they mean for journalism and news media 💻 🗞️ ✒️ thefix.media/2026/06/02/p...

An economic draft? Drive to get young Neets in the military divides opinion

New in The GJ: 'Geographies of prediction markets: Gamifying the future' by @sarah-mills.bsky.social This commentary outlines the economic, political and moral geographies of prediction markets, exploring the ethical questions being raised around the gambling industry. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...

Professor Sarah Mills @lborogeog.bsky.social spoke to @thenerve.news about prediction markets and how they could influence an election. Read more ⤵️ www.thenerve.news/p/polymarket...

New in Area: 'Re-thinking the imposter participant: Online research methods, ethics, AI & trust' by @sophiecranston.bsky.social et al. This paper argues that the potential of imposter participants in online research raises questions around wider structural inequalities. doi.org/10.1111/area...

"Geographies of Prediction Markets: Gamifying the Future" is now available Open Access in The Geographical Journal - rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... The commentary outlines the economic, political and moral geographies of prediction markets and maps how they are gamifying the future

Great to be interviewed for BBC Radio 4 about my @britishacademy.bsky.social research on election betting...

Professor Sarah Mills @sarah-mills.bsky.social @lborogeog.bsky.social spoke on BBC Radio 4's 'Currently' programme, to discuss prediction markets and the issues surrounding them. Listen here at 12:55 ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

I'll be on BBC Radio 4 this Sunday 10th May @ 1.30pm as part of the documentary 'Betting on Disaster', about prediction markets. The programme, hosted by Mike Wendling, will air again on Monday at 4pm and be available on BBC Sounds...https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002w5q9

“Washington should govern betting markets as if national security were at stake, because it is,” write Sean Anthony Guillory and Amy J. Nelson.

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‘Hairdryer or lighter?’ French police look at claim of sensor tampering to win weather bets

Do prediction markets make money from other peoples’ misery? | Fiona Katauskas

ITV has announced 70 Up, the documentary following contributors every seven years, is to come to an end. The director Michael Apted died in 2021. The Up film series has aired since 1964. Final episodes this year.

‘Abhorrent’: the inside story of the Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war

📣 💻 New provocation paper with Irene Hardill, @sophiemilnes.bsky.social and Rhys Dafydd Jones - 'Civil society in crisis times: new geographies of governance in an era of AI' #civilsociety #digital #AI #citizenship #devolution #adviceservices www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Deeply distressing for all of us’: families react to Girlguiding’s trans exclusion

Polymarket criticized over ‘disgusting’ bets on fate of pilots on US jet shot by Iran

Quoted in an article for Bloomberg on military youth programmes and job schemes 🪖 🎖️https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-05/the-british-military-sees-youth-jobs-crisis-as-an-opportunity?srnd=undefined

🗞️ 🎙️ Great to be interviewed and featured in 'The Rest is Politics' Podcast Sunday Newsletter on prediction markets yesterday

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Pixels and paintings: video games return to the V&A

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Including online games in social media bans is unworkable, unnecessary and would harm young people

Are prediction markets, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, regulated or a hub for insider betting? Professor Sarah Mills @lborogeog.bsky.social spoke to Naga Munchetty on Radio 5 Live @bbc5live.bsky.social about the issue. Listen here at 19:05 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📻 🔈 I was just live on BBC Radio 5 Live talking to Naga Munchetty about prediction markets and Iran (from 11:19 timestamp) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @britishacademy.bsky.social @lborogeog.bsky.social @lboropr.bsky.social

Many congratulations to Professor Sarah Holloway @profslh.bsky.social who has received the @geographers.bsky.social 2026 Susan Hardwick Excellence in Mentoring Award! 🎉 www.aag.org/2026-aag-awa...

Bets on US-Iran ceasefire show signs of insider knowledge, say experts

Museum of Youth Culture to open in London www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

My piece in the @financialtimes.com today on prediction markets, following Arizona's legal case, based on my @britishacademy.bsky.social research: www.ft.com/content/9181...

Sarah Mills, Professor in Human Geography @lborogeog.bsky.social, writes for @financialtimes.com. She explains how the rise of prediction markets, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, are leading to the gamblification of everything. Read more 👇 www.ft.com/content/9181...

My piece in the @financialtimes.com today on prediction markets, following Arizona's legal case, based on my @britishacademy.bsky.social research: www.ft.com/content/9181...

U.S. Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to crack down on prediction markets reut.rs/4sheoVB

Arizona charges Kalshi, alleging illegal gambling with election bets www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Arizona is the first state to allege the prediction market company has committed criminal violations, accusing it of running an unlicensed gambling operation. n.pr/3P78mbz

Thanks for Geography Directions for reposting my @uk.theconversation.com piece on prediction markets blog.geographydirections.com/2026/03/11/e...

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"Everything can be a bet now – the rise and risks of prediction markets" - my piece in @theconversation.com today: theconversation.com/everything-c...

*Event Announcement* - "AI+Research Methods in Geography: Exploring New Terrain", with Prof. Bing Zhou from the University of Tennessee (US) Thursday, April 30, 2026 - 9:00am EDT Registration Deadline: April 28, 2026 via forms.office.com/r/it1zpDiiyn

📻🎙I spoke to Canada's national CBC 🇨🇦 show 'Day 6' about prediction markets and the War in Iran, here on the March 6th episode from 11 minutes in: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-.... Based on my @britishacademy.bsky.social research @lborogeog.bsky.social @lboropr.bsky.social

📻🎙I spoke to Canada's national CBC 🇨🇦 show 'Day 6' about prediction markets and the War in Iran, here on the March 6th episode from 11 minutes in: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-.... Based on my @britishacademy.bsky.social research @lborogeog.bsky.social @lboropr.bsky.social

From byelections to regime change: how gambling on any event fuelled the rise of prediction markets www.theguardian.com/society/2026...