#polymarket

#polymarket

Kalshi and Polymarket maintain their platforms offer "event contracts" between private parties that should be regulated like commodities rather than traditional gambling subject to state oversight; an argument that has received pushback from government officials, NBC Chicago said. Companies like Kalshi and Polymarket should "package sports betting as events contracts" to circumvent established gaming regulations, state attorneys general claimed in a lawsuit in June.

Thanks to the rise of cryptocurrency, it's never been easier to place inscrutable bets with shady grey-market bookies. The kingpin presiding over this dubious corner of the gaming industry is currently Polymarket, a crypto platform which lets users place bets on the outcomes of weather catastrophes, political elections, and economic crises. Aided in large part by Trump administration deregulations, Polymarket has become the go-to for bettors eager to cash in on geopolitical strife.

"I think at some point" the Supreme Court will settle the matter," Coplan said.

Polymarket has opened up betting on The Game Awards 2025 and no one seems to have a doubt that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will take top honors at Geoff Keighley's showcase. The odds are so stacked in the French RPG's favor that a $100 bet on Hollow Knight: Silksong would net you over $1,000 if it actually ended up winning game of the year instead.

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.

Polymarket allows users to bet on likelihood of various future events including elections, sports, and pop culture, becoming synonymous with understanding current event probabilities.

Polymarket has acquired QCX, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission-licensed derivatives exchange, for $112 million, re-opening its platform to U.S. users in the near future.