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https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/trading-startup-sues-regulator-in-effort-to-launch-election-betting-market-1de75f70Stephen Voss for The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—An online-trading startup is suing the federal government after regulators blocked its plan to let people bet on U.S. elections.
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