They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania

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Evan Semet (left) and Logan Sudeith are among a group of people who have quit their jobs to pursue prediction market trading full time.

Prediction market apps are thriving in Trump's second term, with traders betting on migrant deportations to election outcomes. A community of young, mostly male and very online traders are driving the industry's bonanza.

(Image credit: Evan Frost for NPR and Meredith Nierman/NPR)