{
  "id": 17993872,
  "title": "Midterm Election Trading on Kalshi and Polymarket Lags Prediction Market Boom",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/midterm-election-trading-on-kalshi-and-polymarket-lags-prediction",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-03T16:46:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-03/midterm-election-trading-on-kalshi-and-polymarket-lags-prediction-market-boom"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US presidential election in 2024 served as a big-bang moment for prediction markets. Two years later, their forecasts on the 2026 midterms are getting plenty of attention, but the underlying trading illustrates how the platforms have struggled to expand beyond a few booming categories.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}