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
Futures markets indicate traders are now lined up behind wagers that the Fed’s rate target will end the year flat, although these trades have been volatile in recent weeks.
Arizona’s attorney general, meanwhile, has filed criminal charges against the companies behind Kalshi’s prediction markets for operating an illegal gambling business without a license and for election wagering.
The final wager was placed at 9:58 p.m.
Yields on Treasurys had risen in recent days, with many traders wagering on higher inflation, and a rockier path to lower interest rates this year.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
