The Briefing with Albert Mohler Friday, March 13, 2026
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Mar 13, 2026 Conversations range from the rise of prediction markets and worrying marketing aimed at young women to the growing harm of sports betting among Gen Z. Listeners hear a compassionate reply about continuing to try for children after miscarriages. There is a debate about what defines American identity and a theological critique arguing that communism conflicts with Christian belief.
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Prediction Markets Are Gambling Dressed As Finance
- Prediction markets are financialized gambling platforms that offer bets on events from pop culture to geopolitics and can create perverse incentives.
- Kalshi and Polymarket trade outcomes like Oscars choices or military actions, raising insider-info and moral dangers noted by Albert Mohler.
Platforms Push To Recruit Women Beyond Sports
- Gambling platforms target younger customers and try to expand their user base beyond men by adding politics, economy, and pop-culture markets.
- Kalshi reported women rose from 13% to 26% of users in ten months while sports still dominates volume, per Mohler reading WSJ.
Young Women Are Less Prone To Prediction Betting
- Young women exhibit lower risk-taking and often view prediction markets as non-investments, reducing their appeal.
- Mohler cites college women calling these markets "not speaking to my risk profile" and calling male bettors "nuts."