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Recent Examples of wagers
Dejanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Kalshi risks more Illinois fights Illinois seems certain that there are many questions that courts must answer before prediction markets like Kalshi can keep taking sports wagers.
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Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
Americans like a good underdog story, and wagers are coming in on some teams with exceptionally long odds.
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ABC News,
29 June 2026
The record would be ugly on many props, but home run bets are long-shot wagers, making the record quite good within the context.
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Josh Shepardson,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
TVs are everywhere, showing races from tracks around the country, and bettors gather around the screens to learn the fate of their wagers, not infrequently yelling at them in the many languages and accents of Queens.
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Henry Kornaros,
Curbed,
26 June 2026
While both Kalshi and Polymarket are currently accepting wagers on the wedding of the century, Kalshi users seem to have much more interest in the specifics of Swift’s nuptials than those who favor its more crypto-bro-heavy rival.
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Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
24 June 2026
Unlike traditional slot machines, Megabucks jackpots are linked across casinos throughout the state, allowing the top prize to grow as players place wagers.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Just 11 days into the tournament, and with a month still remaining, this upstart sector of the betting industry, which allows users to bet on sports and a wide variety of other real-world events, has already notched billions of dollars in wagers.
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Camila Grigera Naón,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Noun
In the four-page ruling, Aquilina wrote that Kalshi violated the state's gaming industry by allowing people aged 18 to place wagers, as opposed to Michigan's age requirement of 21 and older.
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Dejanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Kalshi risks more Illinois fights Illinois seems certain that there are many questions that courts must answer before prediction markets like Kalshi can keep taking sports wagers.
—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
29 June 2026
Americans like a good underdog story, and wagers are coming in on some teams with exceptionally long odds.
—
ABC News,
29 June 2026
The record would be ugly on many props, but home run bets are long-shot wagers, making the record quite good within the context.
—
Josh Shepardson,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
TVs are everywhere, showing races from tracks around the country, and bettors gather around the screens to learn the fate of their wagers, not infrequently yelling at them in the many languages and accents of Queens.
—
Henry Kornaros,
Curbed,
26 June 2026
While both Kalshi and Polymarket are currently accepting wagers on the wedding of the century, Kalshi users seem to have much more interest in the specifics of Swift’s nuptials than those who favor its more crypto-bro-heavy rival.
—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
24 June 2026
Unlike traditional slot machines, Megabucks jackpots are linked across casinos throughout the state, allowing the top prize to grow as players place wagers.
—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
Just 11 days into the tournament, and with a month still remaining, this upstart sector of the betting industry, which allows users to bet on sports and a wide variety of other real-world events, has already notched billions of dollars in wagers.
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Camila Grigera Naón,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wagers
Noun
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In recent years, carriage negotiations have led to temporary channel blackouts between Disney and services such as YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream, highlighting the high stakes of content licensing deals.
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With its high stakes, vivid action and steamy romance, the novel has struck a chord with Yarros's enthusiastic fanbase.
Verb
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An immigrant educator at a struggling East LA high school decides his students can master AP calculus, bets everything on that belief, and turns out to be right.
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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.
Verb
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However, some state workers currently using public transit have questions about capacity, especially as declining state and federal transit funding puts a strain on transit agencies.
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That puts her in the club of four other millionaire authors on the bench – Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas.
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“Wagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wagers. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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