‘预测市场已成为腐败内部人士的游乐场’，莫尔顿在声明中表示
亚历克斯·尼茨伯格 报道
福克斯新闻
2026年3月26日 美国东部时间上午6:26 发布
马萨诸塞州民主党众议员塞思·莫尔顿（Seth Moulton）已实施一项政策，禁止其员工参与与政治等相关问题以及通过公职获取的信息的预测市场投注。
“马萨诸塞州第6选区众议员塞思·莫尔顿今日成为首位在办公室范围内实施政策的国会议员，该政策禁止员工参与预测市场平台（如Polymarket和Kalshi），不得就政治、立法、监管、地缘政治结果或通过公职获取的任何信息进行交易或持有头寸，”周三发布的新闻稿中称。
预测市场允许人们就未来可能发生的各种话题下注，涵盖体育、商业、政治、世界事务和流行文化等领域。
马萨诸塞州民主党众议员塞思·莫尔顿，于2025年9月10日在华盛顿特区举行的美国商会全球航空航天峰会上。(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
莫尔顿在一份声明中表示：”预测市场已成为腐败内部人士的游乐场，他们能够就选举结果、战争甚至公众人物的死亡等事件下注。这正在形成一种扭曲的激励机制，对当今美国社会构成真正威胁。”
“国会工作人员及其服务的议员的职责是为其代表的选区选民服务，而非利用我们本应回应的政策决策和世界事件谋取利润。我的办公室过去没有、将来也不会参与这些违背为人民服务的廉洁、诚实政府所有原则的交易，”他继续说道。
11月12日星期三，美国众议院返回华盛顿投票重新开放政府，美国国会大厦圆顶被照亮。(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“我将始终以最高道德标准要求自己和团队，并呼吁每一位美国民选官员都做到这一点，”该议员补充道。
莫尔顿自2015年初起在众议院任职。
马萨诸塞州民主党参议员埃德·马基，于2026年2月24日在华盛顿特区国家广场举行的民主党议员”人民国情咨文”活动中。(Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
他正在民主党美国参议院初选中挑战现任民主党参议员埃德·马基（Ed Markey）。
亚历克斯·尼茨伯格是福克斯新闻数字版的撰稿人。
House Democrat bans staff from betting on prediction markets, citing ethics concerns
‘Prediction markets have become a playground for corrupt insiders,’ Moulton said in a statement
By Alex Nitzberg
Fox News
Published March 26, 2026 6:26am EDT
Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts has implemented a policy to ban staffers from betting on prediction markets on issues pertaining to issues such as politics and any information obtained in an official capacity.
“Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) today became the first Member of Congress to institute an office-wide policy prohibiting staff from participating in prediction market platforms—such as Polymarket and Kalshi—to trade or hold positions on political, legislative, regulatory, geopolitical outcomes, or any information that is learned in an official capacity,” a Wednesday press release asserted.
Prediction markets allow people to wager on what they expect to happen in the future on a vast array of topics, touching upon areas such as sports, business, politics, world affairs, and pop culture.
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Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., during the US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Aerospace Summit in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.(Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“Prediction markets have become a playground for corrupt insiders who are able to place bets on things like election outcomes, wars, and even the deaths of public figures. This is creating a perverse incentive structure that poses a genuine threat to American society today,” Moulton said in a statement.
“Congressional staff and the Members they work for exist to serve the constituents of the districts they represent, not to profit off of the very policy decisions and world events that we are here to respond to. My office has not, and will not, engage in these trades that run counter to every principle of a clean, honest government that works for the people,” he continued.
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“I will always hold myself and my team to the highest ethical standards, and I call on every single American elected official to do the same,” the lawmaker added.
Moulton has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since early 2015.
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Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., during a “People’s State of the Union” held by Democratic lawmakers on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.(Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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