AFP News journalist Nick Roll interviewed Coalition for Political Forecasting executive director Pratik Chougule in his recent report on how Americans are betting on the 2024 U.S. elections.
Below is an excerpt:
Political gambling expert Pratik Chougule…cohosts a betting podcast, and started an advocacy group to push for legalization.
“I was a pretty true believer in the Iraq war… I had gotten that issue very wrong,” Chougule told AFP. “I basically realized that bad prediction, bad forecasting in our policymaking is actually the norm, not the exception.”
“Having skin in the game is at least an important consideration in doing better.”
The full piece is available at Barron’s here.
