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Election odds are coming to your TV this fall. 60% of Americans oppose betting on elections
Networks are adding prediction-market prices to their midterm coverage, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows most of the public draws a line at wagering on politics.
Americans can turn their predictions about who will control Congress into a bet, but most don’t think they should. With the midterms approaching, 60% of U.S. adults oppose using prediction markets to wager on election results, while 13% support it and 24% are unsure, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll provided to Fortune. They’ll see the odds anyway. CBS News said Sept. 30 it would add real-time prices from Kalshi to its midterm coverage, alongside its own polling. Kalshi has similar deals with CNN and CNBC, and it licenses vote counts and race…
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