Sports Outcome Derivative Markets
Structuring game and tournament results as tradable, continuously priced contracts (including multi-leg parlay-style combinations) creates an exchange-based alternative to fixed-odds betting.
Developed mainly in: United StatesImpacting: North America
Pew Research Center, using data from The Block, found combined monthly trading volume across Kalshi and Polymarket rose from $26 billion in May 2026 to $53 billion in July 2026. Sports event contracts drove most of the increase. Two years earlier, in July 2024, combined monthly volume was under $1 billion.
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- Analyst forecast for 2026 US event-contract trading volume lifted to $190 billion
Gamblingnews · 9 Oct 2026
- Kalshi and Polymarket monthly volume doubles to $53 billion on sports contracts
Pewresearch · 27 Sept 2026
- Weekly prediction market contract volume reaches $14.1 billion on football restart
Defirate · 17 Sept 2026
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