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U.S. Prediction Market Trades Are Predominantly Sports-Based

Can prediction markets create the future they predict?

Prediction market platforms allow people to bet on real-world events like politics, culture, economics, war, and sports. Their defining feature is the buying and selling of contrac...

Prediction markets get a new twist: betting on what's already happened

A new platform turns disputed facts into tradable markets, flipping the prediction market model on its head

S&P Global: Sports Still King on Prediction Markets

It’s not earth-shattering news to those that avidly follow prediction markets, but sports event contracts remain the lifeblood — a status that’s likely to be amplified now that the...

Prediction Markets Hit $68B in a Month as Sportsbook Stocks Sink

Trading on sports prediction markets nearly doubled in the month football returned, while shares of the two biggest U.S. sportsbook operators fell to multi-year lows. Kalshi still...

How Prediction Markets Outran The Rulebook

Prediction markets have stopped behaving like a betting curiosity and started behaving like market infrastructure.Executives who still file them under gambling are working from a s...

Polymarket: Trade Live Sports - Polymarket

With over 30 million users globally, Americans can now trade on the World's Largest Prediction Marketâ„¢ Polymarket is a federally regulated exchange that lets you trade real-wor...

Prediction Market Election Bets Opposed by Democrat, GOP Voters

With Election Day just three weeks away, prediction market operators are counting on surging volume in political event contracts, but many voters oppose those derivatives. A Reuter...

Ontario-Banned Polymarket Draws $500K in Bets on Toronto Mayoral Race

Canadian securities regulators are clamping down on prediction markets offered by online brokers as offshore platform Polymarket records over US$500,000 in trading volume on the up...

Can Sports-Betting Sites Predict the Midterms?

What’s the role of prediction markets when it comes to the midterms? For the pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, their lack of transparency on who is betting — and why — makes them h...

Prediction markets have a major problem as most Americans reject betting on elections

Prediction markets want you to see them (and use them) as one of the best possible instruments for finding out what’s happening in the world. Open any election market, and you’re i...

What Are Prediction Markets—and Can They Really Predict the Future?

Prediction markets take wagers on coming events. Supporters tout them for forecasting; critics warn they encourage speculation and manipulation

Here’s How Prediction Markets Are Pinching Sportsbooks

In states where online sports betting is legal, prediction markets aren’t yet eating into significant market share, but they are increasingly proving to be a thorn in the side of t...

Prediction market states: Where ProphetX, Kalshi, Polymarket, OG.com are legal in 2026

Here is everything you need to know about four major prediction markets and which states each of them is legal in, along with additional information.

On Polymarket, Being Right About Dota 2 Paid Less Than Trading the Odds

It paid more to trade Dota 2 prediction contracts than to bet on a winner and wait for The International 2026 to end, an account-level analysis of Polymarket accounts by Predictboo...

Stifel: Prediction Market Taker Volume Lags Sportsbook Handle Growth in September

Volume on regulated prediction markets jumped 64% month-over-month to $77 billion in September, but there are signs that sportsbooks are getting the better of their yes/no exchange...

Sports Event Contract Users Tout Advantages of Prediction Markets in Legal Sports Betting States

Prediction markets are available everywhere nationwide, providing customers with the opportunity to trade sports event contracts in certain states that have yet to legalize sports...

Don’t Bet on Casino-Style Slots and Table Games Coming to Prediction Markets

Prediction markets allow traders to buy and sell shares tied to outcomes across a wide range of subjects, from tonight’s Thursday Night Football game to what journalist Kaitlan Col...

Are Prediction Markets Just A Modern Form Of Gambling?

Combined monthly global trading volume on Kalshi and Polymarket reached US$53 billion in July 2026. The post Are Prediction Markets Just A Modern Form Of Gambling? appeared first o...

Survey finds 35% of Bettors Reduce Sportsbook Use Due to Prediction Markets

The competition between prediction markets and sportsbooks is intense and there is some evidence that the former is encroaching on the latter’s customer base, according to a new su...

Prediction markets have become America’s new national pastime | Dave Schilling

My parents’ generation may have been on to something when they railed against gambling. If only George Santos had listenedIf only George Santos and Bill Simmons had my parents, the...

Prediction Markets Are Disrupting Sports Betting. Football Season Will Show the Scale

The NFL and college football seasons are expected to reveal the extent to which prediction markets are impacting sportsbooks. Since prediction markets began offering trading on eve...

Legal Arguments That Might Define Prediction Markets

Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst looks at some of the legal arguments being offered and that we'll hear as courts define the laws and regulation of prediction markets.

What Are Kalshi and Polymarket?

Prediction markets have taken off in popularity, drawing billions of dollars in trades. Some states have tried to ban them.