Alan Elrod argues at Liberal Currents that prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket and mobile sports betting apps from DraftKings and FanDuel are fueling an addiction crisis through prop bets, parlays, and frictionless in-game wagering, drawing a parallel to the opioid crisis described in "Dopesick" and "Empire of Pain." Citing surveys of problem gambling, a bettor's $100,000 losses, and researchers' warnings, he suspects that by 2046 we will wonder how we allowed this, though DraftKings' CEO called banning prop bets "crazy."