{"slug": "of-course-meta-thinks-gambling-is-the-future", "title": "Of course Meta thinks gambling is the future", "summary": "Meta is reportedly building a prediction market app to clone Polymarket, leveraging its user base and advertising engine to capitalize on the trend of turning everything into gambling. The move comes amid internal morale problems and a broader push into AI and advertising, as discussed on The Vergecast.", "body_md": "Meta is, by and large, a company built on other companies’ ideas. It has almost perfected the strategy: wait for a new platform or social mechanic to take off, then either buy or clone it, put it next to Meta’s unmatched user base and advertising engine, and watch the money pile up. Well, the next big thing appears to be [turning everything into gambling](/podcast/845198/prediction-markets-mcp-vergecast). So why wouldn’t [Meta make a Polymarket](/tech/955121/meta-prediction-market-app-arena-polymarket-kalshi-clone)?\n\n# Of course Meta thinks gambling is the future\n\nOn The Vergecast: Polymarket for your Facebook, Apple’s big price hikes, Cannes Lions, and more.\n\nOn The Vergecast: Polymarket for your Facebook, Apple’s big price hikes, Cannes Lions, and more.\n\nOn [this episode of The Vergecast](https://pod.link/vergecast), David and Nilay discuss the reported prediction market app being built inside Meta, plus the company’s\n\n[onslaught](/tech/952557/instagrams-tv-app-is-coming-to-samsung-tvs-in-the-us)of\n\n[other](/tech/954052/meta-glasses-hands-on-kylie-jenner-smart-glasses-price-battery-privacy)\n\n[news](/tech/953464/whatsapp-will-cathcart-stepping-down-cred)\n\n[this](/tech/954345/meta-pauses-employee-tracking-tool-after-internal-leak)\n\n[week](/tech/956668/meta-facebook-creator-studio-ai-app-relaunch)— and its massive, apparently increasing\n\n[morale problems](https://www.wired.com/story/andrew-bosworth-meta-employees-unrest/). Nilay’s at Cannes Lions in France this week, where Meta’s advertising prowess is on full display, and yet it also feels like Meta is in crisis. So which is it? And what is your Facebook feed about to become?\n\nAfter that, the hosts dive into the news of [Apple’s price hikes](/tech/952162/apple-price-increase-ram-shortage) and try to figure out just how much [RAMageddon](/tech/956950/ram-crisis-apple-price-increase) is going to change the gadget market. Then it’s time for [Brendan Carr is a Dummy](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/22/abc-fcc-investigations), the strange case of [the movie Artificial](/entertainment/954899/luca-guadagnino-artificial-sam-altman-amazon-a24-neon-mubi-chatgpt)\n\n*,*really expensive\n\n[home theater systems](/tech/951718/kaleidescape-strato-e-review), and more.\n\n[Watch](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL39u5ZEfYDEO5PaNRWyqloGY6zzJ1fjBa) | [Listen](https://bit.ly/3hkwRl2) | [Get ad-free](/bulletin/795051/verge-podcast-ad-free-set-up-how-to)\n\nIn case you missed it this week: We also [reviewed the Steam Machine](/podcast/953895/steam-machine-review-vergecast), [made the case for smart glasses](/podcast/955230/smart-glasses-best-features-vergecast), [answered your smart home questions](/podcast/956455/google-home-speaker-smart-hotline-vergecast), and explored [the weird world of AI training data](/podcast/957223/todays-vergecast-how-to-train-your-data). And we want to hear all your thoughts about all of it! Call the Vergecast Hotline at 866-VERGE11, send us an email at vergecast@theverge.com, and tell us everything that’s on your mind. And make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss an episode!\n\n**Follow topics and authors** from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-course-meta-thinks-gambling-is-the-future", "canonical_source": "https://www.theverge.com/podcast/957673/meta-polymarket-apple-prices-vergecast", "published_at": "2026-06-26 14:16:29+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-26 14:46:11.455079+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-tools", "ai-startups", "generative-ai", "large-language-models"], "entities": ["Meta", "Polymarket", "Kalshi", "Apple", "The Vergecast", "Cannes Lions", "Andrew Bosworth", "Brendan Carr"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-course-meta-thinks-gambling-is-the-future", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-course-meta-thinks-gambling-is-the-future.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-course-meta-thinks-gambling-is-the-future.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/of-course-meta-thinks-gambling-is-the-future.jsonld"}}