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    "author": "Bobby Allyn",
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    "excerpt": "While a stunt involving fake polls may not have been an effort to rig prediction markets, concerns are growing ahead of the midterms about other attempts to influence the betting sites.",
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    "title": "What a fake poll reveals about worries around prediction markets and the midterms",
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