wager

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Prediction markets allow users to wager on events and outcomes in areas from business and economics to pop culture and weather patterns.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Among the specific bets cited was a $2 wager on whether JD Vance would win the presidency in 2028.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Newsom bettors put up 27 cents per dollar of their wager — $2.70 for a $10 bet; naysayers put up 74 cents.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

But because Polymarket and Kalshi’s trades are regulated as financial derivatives contracts by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, people as young as 18 can wager.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

“And recall that silliness about ‘It’s lucky a house can’t speak’—I would wager it is Old Timothy, not the house, who could tell the Ashton family secrets, if he so chose!”

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood