How Accurate Were Kalshi and Polymarket at Picking Midterm Winners?
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"How Accurate Were Kalshi and Polymarket at Picking Midterm Winners?" is generating significant coverage in the Business category, with 5 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (5)
- Kalshi and Polymarket claim 98% accuracy on midterm race calls Quartz · 9d ago
- Prediction Markets Election Bets Wrong Again Better Markets · 9d ago
- The key to Kalshi’s election night success Washington Examiner · 9d ago
- #TSRPolitics: Roomies, don’t say @Kalshi didn’t try to put y’all on game before Election Day! Last night’s blue tsunami brought some history-making victories and major upsets, but Kalshi users had been predicting several of these wins for weeks! We’ve fea Instagram · 9d ago
- How Accurate Were Kalshi and Polymarket at Picking Midterm Winners? The New York Times · 9d ago
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