{
  "id": 17788040,
  "title": "Prediction market bettors are the new political pundits. Why are we listening to them? | Judith Levine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/prediction-market-bettors-are-the-new-political-pundits-why-are-we-17788040",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-02T11:00:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/02/prediction-markets-voters-elections"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Sites like Kalshi and Polymarket offer faux populism as elites reap the benefits – and voters risk being misled Online betting is a bit like Donald Trump. The prediction markets – platforms where users bet on whether events will occur – pretend to be populist, pushing the nabobs aside and representing the “wisdom of the crowd”. “This data is bottom-up, not elites-driven,” a Kalshi spokesperson…",
  "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."
}