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Recent Examples of wagers
Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Kalshi ended up refunding bettors all fees and net losses related to those bets, citing federal regulations that bar wagers on death.
—Justin Papp,garrett Downs, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
Traders have now priced out any wagers on a Fed rate cut this year, compared with bets for roughly two cuts at the start of this year.
—Kane Wu, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
To that end, Kalshi insists states are preempted by a federal law, the Commodity Exchange Act, from enforcing their gambling laws on exchanges that offer sports prediction market wagers.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Because wagers are offered for shots on goal, they are looked at and reviewed meticulously.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Such prescient wagers have raised eyebrows — and accusations that prediction markets are ripe for insider trading.
—Ken Sweet, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Its main competitor is Polymarket, but many other firms—including Robinhood and Coinbase—have begun offering prediction market wagers, too.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, because prediction market wagers are categorized differently than traditional forms of gambling, tensions about government oversight have erupted.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Noun
That raised the question of whether individuals with material nonpublic information used that knowledge to place such wagers, including those in the government.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
Kalshi ended up refunding bettors all fees and net losses related to those bets, citing federal regulations that bar wagers on death.
—Justin Papp,garrett Downs, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2026
Traders have now priced out any wagers on a Fed rate cut this year, compared with bets for roughly two cuts at the start of this year.
—Kane Wu, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
To that end, Kalshi insists states are preempted by a federal law, the Commodity Exchange Act, from enforcing their gambling laws on exchanges that offer sports prediction market wagers.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Because wagers are offered for shots on goal, they are looked at and reviewed meticulously.
—Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Such prescient wagers have raised eyebrows — and accusations that prediction markets are ripe for insider trading.
—Ken Sweet, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
Its main competitor is Polymarket, but many other firms—including Robinhood and Coinbase—have begun offering prediction market wagers, too.
—Carlos Garcia, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, because prediction market wagers are categorized differently than traditional forms of gambling, tensions about government oversight have erupted.
—ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagers
Noun
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But the highest-stakes appeals to reasonableness have always been in the law.—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Just six months from high-stakes midterm elections, Democrats need to be explaining how to bake that pie.—
Evan Thies,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The prediction market’s CEO, Tarek Mansour, told CNBC that bets on Bad Bunny’s first song alone exceeded $100 million in volume.—
Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
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If a new account opens and immediately bets on a single player micro-market, that’s suspicious.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In the first slide, the movie star sat in a chair as Pita puts the finishing touches on her bangs with longer pieces on the sides.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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By removing the face as a theatre of psychology, Raphael puts an unusual pressure on the rest of the painting to communicate and produce feeling.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Wagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagers. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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