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Inside the Wild West of PredictIt

Inside the Wild West of PredictIt

FromPlaybook Deep Dive


Inside the Wild West of PredictIt

FromPlaybook Deep Dive

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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Sep 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When Joe Biden selected Kamala Harris as his running mate, it was a
historic moment — and one that made some people thousands of dollars.
Traders on the website PredictIt, a stock market for politics, wager
thousands of dollars on an array of political moments. Today on
Nerdcast, Zach Montellaro tells Scott Bland about his conversations with
political traders — one who trades semi-professionally and two who are
looking to avenge their losses from the 2016 election.

Scott Bland is the host of Nerdcast and a politics editor at POLITICO.
Zach Montellaro **** is campaign reporter & Morning Score author for
POLITICO.
Jason Pipkin runs the blog Predicting Politics
Starlee Kine is a co-host of Election Profit Makers
Jon Kimball is a co-host of Election Profit Makers
Annie Rees **** is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Released:
Sep 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

POLITICO's top reporters dive into the political landscape, the latest numbers that matter, and detail what's really happening behind closed doors. They're people who spend Friday nights poring over poll numbers or the latest Federal Election Commission reports — so if you want to understand how the modern politics game is played, this is the podcast for you. New episodes every Friday, hosted by Scott Bland.