Dildos rained down on “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver at the end of his prediction markets deep dive, which aired Sunday.
The NSFW finale was a nod to a recent trend at WNBA games, where multiple matches have been disrupted by fans throwing sex toys onto the court mid-play — in some cases linked to attempts to influence trades on fast-growing platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, where users can wager on almost anything.
Oliver explored what he described as the “really dark” practice of betting on outcomes of war, the companies’ aggressive marketing pushes, and his twin annoyances: their insistence that they are not gambling sites and that they are “incredibly important” for accurately predicting the future.
He also slammed their paid partnerships with news organizations such as Dow Jones, CNN, CNBC and Fox News, as well as their ties to Donald Trump’s White House — most notably through his son, Donald Trump Jr., who serves as an adviser to both companies.
Oliver revealed that trades had even been sought on a previous episode of his own show when it aired in February, noting that audience members would have had an advantage given the program is taped days in advance.
