{
  "id": 17974624,
  "title": "Midterm Elections: Americans Have Wagered $1.9 Billion on Prediction Markets on U.S. Races — With Democrats Favored to Win House and Senate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/midterm-elections-americans-have-wagered-1-9-billion-on-prediction",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-03T14:05:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/midterm-elections-odds-prediction-spending-house-and-senate-1236938339/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "It’s Election Day for the pivotal 2026 midterms that will determine control of U.S. Congress — and a bunch of people are trying to make money by betting on the outcome. As of Monday (Nov. 2) at 8 p.m. ET, nearly $1.9 billion had been wagered on the midterm elections on the two biggest prediction […]",
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        "outlet": "CNBC",
        "title": "Midterm elections could jolt stocks if Democrats sweep Congress",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/midterm-elections-could-jolt-stocks-if-democrats-sweep-congress",
        "published": "2026-11-03T11:54:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "US midterm elections 2026: Prediction markets bet on Democrats winning Senate; Republicans face tough battleground fight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/us-midterm-elections-2026-prediction-markets-bet-on-democrats-winning",
        "published": "2026-11-03T11:55:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "On Election Day, prediction markets show Democrats as heavy favorites to sweep Congress",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/on-election-day-prediction-markets-show-democrats-as-heavy-favorites",
        "published": "2026-11-03T14:25:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Axios",
        "title": "Prediction markets have a lot riding on the blue wave",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/prediction-markets-have-a-lot-riding-on-the-blue-wave",
        "published": "2026-11-03T15:36:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "US midterms 2026: Prediction markets and polls differ over Democrats' chances",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/us-midterms-2026-prediction-markets-and-polls-differ-over-democrats",
        "published": "2026-11-03T16:41:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Block",
        "title": "Prediction markets bet on Democratic sweep of House, Senate in midterm elections",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/prediction-markets-bet-on-democratic-sweep-of-house-senate-in-midterm",
        "published": "2026-11-03T18:30:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
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