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fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

A new way to spot tremors in prediction markets

Tremor tracks volatility on Polymarket , a prediction market that lets traders bet on the outcome of future events. The goal of Saravanan's new tool: Spot sudden swings and identify potentially valuable situations where insiders may know more than the general population. "If the chance of a ceasefire in a war jumps from 50% to 80%, but there's no news, it's likely someone with inside info is acting on Polymarket," Saravanan told me.
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fromThe New Yorker
3 days ago

Why We're All In on Gambling

Online betting platforms like Polymarket and DraftKings normalize gambling, reshaping daily life, sports, and cultural portrayals while testing individual desire for risk.
#sports-betting
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fromHackernoon
3 months ago
Marketing tech

Elon Just Made Gambling Define the News - And It's More Honest Than Journalism Ever Was | HackerNoon

fromHackernoon
3 months ago
Marketing tech

Elon Just Made Gambling Define the News - And It's More Honest Than Journalism Ever Was | HackerNoon

Law
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago

The Legalized Gambling Industry Is Collapsing in on Itself

Prediction-market platforms like Kalshi exploit regulatory gaps to expand into sports betting, challenging state oversight and established sportsbook businesses.
US politics
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Are sports prediction markets betting or investing? Two new Robinhood lawsuits could define how they are regulated going forward

Prediction markets are blurring investing and gambling by offering political and sports event contracts while legally challenging regulators to expand their markets.
Business
fromESPN.com
3 weeks ago

NCAA 'concerned' by football prediction markets

Online prediction markets are trading college football outcomes, prompting NCAA concern over integrity, student-athlete safety, and the need for federal or state guardrails.
New York City
fromFox Business
3 weeks ago

Betting markets show Mamdani maintains a big lead in NYC mayoral race,

Zohran Mamdani leads the New York City mayoral race with roughly an 80–84% probability across major prediction markets.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 weeks ago

CNN Data Shows Gavin Newsom's Strategy Against Trump Is Absolutely' Paying Off

Gavin Newsom's confrontational social-media strategy against President Trump substantially increased attention, boosting followers, Google searches, and his 2028 nomination odds in prediction markets.
fromTechCrunch
2 months ago

Kalshi closes $185M round as rival Polymarket reportedly seeks $200M | TechCrunch

"Prediction markets remind me of crypto 15 years ago: a new asset class on a path to trillions," Matt Huang, co-founder and managing partner at Paradigm, told TechCrunch in an emailed statement. "There's no better team than Kalshi to scale prediction markets and reshape how people think about everything from elections and economic markets to weather and sports."
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fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

X names Polymarket as its official prediction market partner | TechCrunch

X partners with Polymarket to enhance real-time insights using prediction markets and cryptocurrency betting.
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fromTESLARATI
3 months ago

X clarifies xAI prediction market rumors, hints at future plans

Musk's xAI has not finalized partnerships in prediction markets but hints at future exploration, indicating AI's potential impact on predictive analytics.
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fromThe Verge
5 months ago

Are prediction markets gambling? Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is betting the answer is no

Robinhood is expanding into banking and wealth management, embracing prediction markets as a future of finance.
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