Politics● Elevated5d ago · Oct 30, 2026, 12:00 PM
Gamble on democracy: Inside suspicious election-contracts trading on prediction markets
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from CNBC · North America
CNBC examines unusual price spikes in election prediction markets and how low-volume contracts can be moved by relatively small trades.
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