{
  "id": 14027735,
  "title": "Election odds are coming to your TV this fall. 60% of Americans oppose betting on elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/election-odds-are-coming-to-your-tv-this-fall-60-of-americans-oppose",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-12T18:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/10/12/election-odds-tv-americans-disapprove-cbs-cnn/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As midterms approach, 60% of Americans oppose betting on elections through prediction markets, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. CBS News, owned by Skydance alongside CNN, plans to display real-time odds from Kalshi alongside its own polling during the midterms. Kalshi, CNN, and CNBC have partnerships, licensing vote counts via the Associated Press. However, only 7% of respondents admitted to using prediction markets for betting. \"Most view prediction markets as gambling, not a suitable way to predict elections or government decisions,\" Alec Tyson, a senior pollster at Ipsos, stated. The poll, with a 1.5% margin of error, found opposition across party lines, with 69% of Democrats and 61% of Republicans against election betting. Despite this, monthly global trading volume on Kalshi and Polymarket more than doubled from $26 billion in May to $53 billion in July, driven by sports markets' frequent events and fast-changing odds. Kalshi criticized the poll for its phrasing and description of prediction markets, while Ipsos, the pollster, did not respond to criticisms about wording and inclusivity of responses.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}