AOC draws parallel between prediction markets and Big Tobacco, floats advertising ban

"I think there's a lot of things that we can learn from regulation of the tobacco industry that we can apply here," Ocasio-Cortez said of prediction markets.

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• AOC wants to crack down on the growing prediction market industry.
• She has a particular parallel in mind: the fight against Big Tobacco.
• "There's a lot of things that we can learn from regulation of the tobacco industry," she said.

When it comes to regulating prediction markets, Rep.