Odds on Donald Trump winning US election soar to 62% hours after polls open as Americans pile in on The Don beating Kamala
Daily MailPunters have piled in on Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election, with odds of a Republican victory standing at 62 percent on one betting platform. Punters have piled in on Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election, with odds of a Republican victory standing at 62 percent on one betting platform On platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi, billions of crypto dollars are chasing bets on presidential candidates Trump and Kamala Harris Polymarket, the busiest of these platforms, which has largely sprung up over the past five years, has seen about $3.2billion in trading volume on wagers on the winner of the presidential vote Kalshi, a U.S. CFTC-regulated site, has seen $241million in trading on its election outcome contract According to Kalshi, people bet on Trump being ahead in key battleground states like North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Georgia. 140 Nathan Straus Elementary School for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, on Election Day in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 5, 2024 The survey found that Harris holds a 4-point lead over Trump nationally, which is just outside the poll's 3.5-point margin of error. Four days before the election, Kalshi had Trump's chances of winning at 53 percent compared to 47 percent for Harris Meanwhile, on Polymarket, Trump's odds of winning fell from 67 percent on October 30 to 59 percent on Friday afternoon 'These contracts are important,' Steve Sanders, executive vice president of marketing and product development at Interactive Brokers, said.