[Buffett: The Current Market is a 'Church with a Casino Attached,' Public Gambling Sentiment at Its Peak] Deep Tide TechFlow reports that on May 3, according to Zhitong Finance, Buffett, in an interview with reporters, compared the market to a 'church with a casino attached,' distinguishing traditional value investing from the current frenzy of short-term options trading and the increasingly heated speculative trend in prediction markets. He stated: 'People can freely switch between the church and the casino. Currently, there are still more people in the "church" than in the "casino," but the allure of the casino has become extremely strong. Buying or selling single-day options is neither investing nor speculating; at its core, it is gambling.' Buffett bluntly remarked that the public's gambling sentiment has now reached its peak.