Look at this legal definition of gambling: "Gambling is when a person bets or risks something of value (like money) based on a chance outcome that is OUT OF THEIR CONTROL OR INFLUENCE with the understanding that they will either gain increased value or lose their original value determined by the specific outcome."

Examples of this is are the stock market and a government lottery, advertising "get rich quick" opportunities. This is also called a tax on the stupid.

Kalshi and other betting platforms offer predictions on likely political, geopolitical, cultural and economic events in the real world.

Perceptive cultural analysts look beyond fake media narratives to discern outcomes which become obvious to them for clear evidentiary reasons.

While individual payouts aren't always publicly detailed due to privacy, aggregated reports and interviews highlight several notable six- and seven-figure earnings:

• A professional trader accumulated nearly $1 million in total profits across Kalshi, with their biggest single wins coming from the 2024 U.S. presidential election markets—specifically, the popular vote margin and the number of House seats won by parties. These bets paid off by going against early consensus odds. He simply analyzed honest polls and took the cultural temperature of environments around him.
• Another trader reported earning $100,000 in a single month from a series of smaller bets, including $40,236 on Time Magazine's Person of the Year, $11,083 on the most-searched person on Google for the year, and $7,448 on the outcome of the New York City mayoral race.
• A quantitative trader has been consistently pulling in six figures monthly (over $100,000 per month) by focusing on a mix of political, economic, and pop culture predictions.