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TheBitcoinManual | 9 days ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +2 
 Damn the degens are going HAM on trump with Polymarket and Kalshi are sitting at 95%

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/11/05/election-betting-odds-trump-hits-95-on-polymarket-as-more-election-results-come-in/
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CODED SHADOWS | 9 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Haha
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TheBitcoinManual | 9 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 1.6 bn backing the orange man!
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stacksatsio | 9 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It’s actually good betting. Unless you expect overnight cheating, that’s dollars being sold for 95 cents.
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TheBitcoinManual | 9 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Just yesterday if you picked trump you'd get a 66% return, I'm sure the earlier guys are getting one hell of a payout!

Was basically free money just to ignore the MSM
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stacksatsio | 9 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 True, but yesterday all people had to go off was Trump camp putting out early voting numbers. 

Today they had a live count, swing states called pretty early, and enough votes to do the math that he was going to win and still 5% gain to be made.

Free money as you say.