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The midterms enter the waiting game.With Election Day less than three weeks away, Alex and Domer ask how much meaningful movement is still possible as Republicans defend an expanding map and traders hunt for whatever value remains.Chris Cillizza takes the temperature of the map.Cillizza breaks down Iowa, Texas, Ohio, Nebraska and South Carolina, discusses where split-ticket voting could matter, and looks ahead to which political figures could disappear from relevance after Election Day.Katie Zacharia becomes another White House market.The show examines whether the new press secretary’s rocky opening and continuing negative coverage could eventually threaten her job—and whether traders may be better served waiting for the immediate news cycle to cool.Inside the mind of a political bookmaker.Veteran oddsmaker Paul “Motty” Krishnamurty explains how he originates political lines, reacts to incoming money, evaluates thin House and primary markets and separates his own forecasts from the prices a sportsbook ultimately posts.The 2028 market is already beginning.Cillizza and Motty offer very different early reads on the next presidential cycle, discussing names including AOC, Jon Ossoff, Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, Josh Shapiro, JD Vance and several longer-shot possibilities.Extended:Alex Keeney and Domer start with another rough week for White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia, after new reporting raised questions about her past claims to be a lawyer. With prediction markets suddenly putting a much higher price on her being out by year-end, is the market reacting rationally — or chasing another Trump administration personnel drama after missing the Kimberly Guilfoyle trade?Then longtime political analyst Chris Cillizza joins Eventual with the midterms just weeks away. We draft the political figures who could disappear from relevance after Election Day, rank the races traders may be badly mispricing, and look for signals beyond the polling averages: split-ticket voting, candidate quality, overlooked Senate races, Trump-era cabinet departures and what the 2026 results could tell us about 2028.Which supposedly competitive race will look ridiculous in hindsight? Where could ticket splitting matter most? And are traders better off studying polling crosstabs — or sitting down in an Ohio diner?Finally, legendary political bookmaker Paul Krishnamurty joins the show to explain how election odds actually get made. We go inside the bookmaker’s process for pricing House races, adjusting lines as information changes, accounting for candidate-specific performance and deciding when — or whether — to shade a market to attract action.Plus:  Oracle of the Week, Dunce of the Week, Ken Paxton money, Mike Johnson’s future, Pete Hegseth vs. Susie Wiles, and plenty more from the final stretch of the 2026 midterms.Sponsored segment:  Includes a Polymarket ad read. Polymarket US is back in the United States at polymarket.us.Disclaimer:  Eventual is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be understood as financial, legal, investment, gambling, or trading advice. Hosts, guests, and viewers may hold positions in prediction markets and may change those positions at any time. Nothing here is an endorsement to buy, sell, or trade any market. Trade safe and follow all applicable laws and platform rules in your jurisdiction.If using Polymarket US, remember it is 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Trading is risky, and 100% loss can occur. Not available in all jurisdictions. See polymarket.com/tos for more information.   The authors may hold positions in prediction markets related to topics discussed in this article. Positions may change at any time without notice. The views expressed in this article represent the author’s analysis and opinion and are provided for informational purposes only. Nothing in this article should be construed as investment advice, trading advice, or a recommendation to enter into any transaction. For Polymarket US users:18+ Only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Not available in all jurisdictions. Trading is risky. 100% loss can occur. See polymarket.com/tos for more information. The Polymarket US App serves as an independent software provider and affiliate of Polymarket US and Polymarket Clearing, the CFTC-regulated exchange and clearing organization.

White House drama becomes a trading market.Katie Zacharia’s rocky debut and Kimberly Guilfoyle’s exit fuel fresh markets around personnel turnover, scandal and how aggressively traders should chase political longshots.The hunt for midterm YOLOs is on.Alex and Pratik search for overlooked late-cycle opportunities, with Victoria Spartz becoming a case study in how a weak incumbent could become vulnerable if the Democratic wave reaches farther than expected.Prediction markets enter the legal grind.Mick Bransfield breaks down Kalshi’s mounting court battles, CFTC rulemaking and why sports and mention markets could face tighter guardrails even as the broader industry continues expanding.Election night needs a playbook.Build a trusted team, protect your bankroll, map how early results should affect later races and have enough local data ready to recognize when the markets are overreacting.Alex and Pratik start with the latest inflation numbers and the suddenly-live market on whether White House press secretary Katie Zacharia makes it through the year. Then: “The Devil Wears MAGA.” Kimberly Guilfoyle is reportedly sitting on a secret “burn book” about Trumpworld — and prediction markets are now pricing the possibility that her problems get even bigger. Inflation is back, the midterms are getting weird, and Kimberly Guilfoyle may have receipts.Then it’s time for Midterm YOLOs. Pratik goes hunting for value in the New York attorney general race, while Alex makes the case for a long-shot play on Victoria Spartz in Indiana’s 5th District. Plus: the three things every trader should be doing now to prepare for election night — building basic models, understanding geographic correlations, and knowing which early results actually matter.Finally, Mick Bransfield joins Eventual to break down the regulatory war surrounding prediction markets. The NFL is pushing back on Kalshi, the CFTC is reconsidering how event contracts should be classified, mention markets are under scrutiny for manipulation risk, and rulemaking could reshape the entire industry.Is this the beginning of a crackdown — or the framework prediction markets need for their next golden age?Sponsored segment: Includes a Polymarket ad read. Polymarket US is back in the United States at polymarket.us.Disclaimer:Eventual is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be understood as financial, legal, investment, gambling, or trading advice. Hosts, guests, and viewers may hold positions in prediction markets and may change those positions at any time. Nothing here is an endorsement to buy, sell, or trade any market. Trade safe and follow all applicable laws and platform rules in your jurisdiction.If using Polymarket US, remember it is 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Trading is risky, and 100% loss can occur. Not available in all jurisdictions. See polymarket.com/tos for more information. The authors may hold positions in prediction markets related to topics discussed in this article. Positions may change at any time without notice. The views expressed in this article represent the author’s analysis and opinion and are provided for informational purposes only. Nothing in this article should be construed as investment advice, trading advice, or a recommendation to enter into any transaction. For Polymarket US users:18+ Only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Not available in all jurisdictions. Trading is risky. 100% loss can occur. See polymarket.com/tos for more information. The Polymarket US App serves as an independent software provider and affiliate of Polymarket US and Polymarket Clearing, the CFTC-regulated exchange and clearing organization.

The House battlefield keeps expanding.Democrats are spending deeper into Republican territory, sending Alex and Brian hunting for overlooked House races where a broader wave could create long-shot opportunities.Inside Nate Silver’s election model.Silver Bulletin’s Eli McKown-Dawson explains how FLIPR weighs polls, fundamentals, candidate quality and expert ratings—and why unusual model outputs can reveal something real rather than a mistake.Florida may resist the national trend.Blitz pushes back on the closest Florida polls, arguing that Byron Donalds and Ashley Moody remain better positioned than the most competitive surveys suggest despite a much tougher national environment for Republicans.Election night is its own trading discipline.Alex and Brian favor exploiting overreactions and incomplete early returns while warning that hyper-specific margin markets can become extremely difficult when hundreds of races are moving simultaneously.Eventual gets its own midterm trading dashboard.Mark Davis unveils a new tool combining Polymarket prices, polling averages, forecaster ratings, fundraising and election simulations to quickly surface divergences and potential value across the map. Alex and Brian start with Brian’s newfound fame as Bloomberg profiles his inflation trading, then dig into the expanding House battlefield, the districts Democrats are suddenly spending in, and the election-night strategies traders should be thinking about before November. How much can Florida tell us early? Are margin markets worth the adverse-selection risk? And which races could reveal a blue wave before the rest of the country catches up?Then Eli McKown-Dawson joins to take us inside FLIPR, the election forecasting model he works on with Nate Silver. We talk candidate quality, polling misses, non-response bias, late movement and what happens when the model disagrees with your instincts.Florida election savant Steve “Blitz” stops by to break down the Sunshine State, including whether Democrats are being underestimated in the governor and Senate races.Finally, prediction-market OG Mark Davis unveils the new Eventual election trading dashboard — combining prediction-market prices, polling averages, fundraising, handicappers and thousands of simulated elections into one place. Mark walks through Senate seat distributions, potential value in margin markets, vulnerable incumbents and how traders can use the tool to hunt for mispriced races.Sponsored segment: Includes a Polymarket ad read. Polymarket US is back in the United States at polymarket.us.Disclaimer:Eventual is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be understood as financial, legal, investment, gambling, or trading advice. Hosts, guests, and viewers may hold positions in prediction markets and may change those positions at any time. Nothing here is an endorsement to buy, sell, or trade any market. Trade safe and follow all applicable laws and platform rules in your jurisdiction.If using Polymarket US, remember it is 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Trading is risky, and 100% loss can occur. Not available in all jurisdictions. See polymarket.com/tos for more information.  The authors may hold positions in prediction markets related to topics discussed in this article. Positions may change at any time without notice. The views expressed in this article represent the author’s analysis and opinion and are provided for informational purposes only. Nothing in this article should be construed as investment advice, trading advice, or a recommendation to enter into any transaction. For Polymarket US users:18+ Only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Not available in all jurisdictions. Trading is risky. 100% loss can occur. See polymarket.com/tos for more information. The Polymarket US App serves as an independent software provider and affiliate of Polymarket US and Polymarket Clearing, the CFTC-regulated exchange and clearing organization.

The NFL enters the prediction-market war.The league’s Supreme Court push against sports event contracts has Alex and Domer asking whether the legal momentum around Kalshi and sports prediction markets is beginning to shift.Texas keeps getting worse for Republicans.Ken Paxton’s steady drip of damaging headlines has the hosts increasingly bullish on James Talarico, while Gina Hinojosa emerges as a longer-shot way to trade a broader Democratic overperformance.AI is getting harder to dismiss as hype.OpenAI’s latest mathematical breakthroughs push the conversation toward AGI, catastrophic-risk markets and the possibility that the biggest AI trades are still ahead.Kimberly Guilfoyle gets a resignation market.New reporting about her financial relationship with a MAGA donor has Alex and Domer watching whether the controversy ends with a quiet post-election exit from the Trump administration.Susan Collins is still alive—but Maine is getting uncomfortable.After watching Collins debate Troy Jackson, Domer cashes out his Republican position while Alex stays aboard, turning Maine into a test of whether Collins can once again outrun a hostile national environment. Alex Keeney and Domer break down the biggest stories moving markets right now: the latest Paxton leak cycle in Texas, fresh volatility in the Speaker of the House market, and a new OpenAI breakthrough that’s sending shockwaves through math, AI and the broader economy.First up: Trade It or Fade It. The guys dig into Trump’s latest rally clash with Democratic protesters, the continuing drip-drip of damaging Ken Paxton headlines in TX-SEN, and what — if anything — traders should do with the latest headlines. Then they zoom out to Washington, where Hakeem Jeffries sits around 83c in the market to be Speaker after the midterms, while Jim Jordan is being floated for House GOP leader.They also get into the latest Kimberly Guilfoyle drama, including new reporting and the odds she’s out as ambassador to Greece by year’s end, plus the newest movement in Susan Collins vs. Troy Jackson after their second debate — with more debates still ahead.On the tech side, the show asks what to make of OpenAI’s newest wave of math results and whether traders are still underestimating how much AI is reshaping the macro story.And finally, it’s time for Oracle of the Week / Dunce of the Week, featuring Aisha Hasnie’s scoop on Mike Johnson reflecting on the midterms and what comes next if Republicans lose the House.Sponsored segment: Includes a Polymarket ad read. Polymarket US is back in the United States at polymarket.us.Disclaimer:Eventual is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be understood as financial, legal, investment, gambling, or trading advice. Hosts, guests, and viewers may hold positions in prediction markets and may change those positions at any time. Nothing here is an endorsement to buy, sell, or trade any market. Trade safe and follow all applicable laws and platform rules in your jurisdiction.If using Polymarket US, remember it is 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Trading is risky, and 100% loss can occur. Not available in all jurisdictions. See polymarket.com/tos for more information. The authors may hold positions in prediction markets related to topics discussed in this article. Positions may change at any time without notice. The views expressed in this article represent the author’s analysis and opinion and are provided for informational purposes only. Nothing in this article should be construed as investment advice, trading advice, or a recommendation to enter into any transaction. For Polymarket US users:18+ Only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Not available in all jurisdictions. Trading is risky. 100% loss can occur. See polymarket.com/tos for more information. The Polymarket US App serves as an independent software provider and affiliate of Polymarket US and Polymarket Clearing, the CFTC-regulated exchange and clearing organization.

The Nobel Peace Prize is more predictable than it looks.PRIO acting director Haakon Gjerløw explains what the committee tends to reward, why Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms are a serious contender, and why high-profile names like Trump and Elon Musk remain long shots.South Carolina probably isn’t flipping—but the margin could get interesting.Post and Courier reporter Nick Reynolds explains why Annie Andrews faces difficult fundamentals despite Darlene Graham’s weaknesses, fresh Republican spending and signs of a potentially stronger Democratic year.Not every scandal is worth trading.Gaetan Dugas argues that scandals matter most when they’re simple and reinforce what voters already believe, putting controversies around Roger Marshall and Beau French under a different lens than attacks on Susan Collins or Mary Peltola.The best UK trade may not be the winner.William Keydjani previews the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, finding more interesting opportunities in Labour and Green vote shares—and even the battle for third place—than in Labour’s heavily favored outright win.On today’s Eventual — the OG prediction market podcast, Alex Keeney and Pratik Chougule start with the South Carolina Senate race. Nick Reynolds of The Post and Courier joins to break down Darline Graham vs. Annie Andrews, the fundraising gap, what he’s hearing from inside the state and whether the market is underrating the Democrat at roughly 15%.Then Gaeten Dugas returns to Eventual for a crash course in trading political scandals. Which controversies actually penetrate with voters, which disappear after one news cycle, and how should traders think about Susan Collins in Maine, Mary Peltola in Alaska, Roger Marshall in Kansas and the increasingly strange Texas Railroad Commission race?We head across the Atlantic with William Kedjanyi for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, where Sagal Abdi-Wali has become an overwhelming favorite. Is there any value left in the longshot — and what exactly is happening to the Green Party?Finally, Haakon Gjerløw, acting director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), joins us ahead of Friday’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement. We talk through how the Nobel Committee thinks, why humanitarian organizations are attracting attention, the case for Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms, Russia and Ukraine, AI safety, the International Space Station — and why Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Mark Carney and Elon Musk may or may not belong anywhere near the conversation.Plus: prediction-market edge, political scandals, Nobel forecasting, UK politics and another round of trying to turn the entire world into a trade.Sponsored segment: Includes a Polymarket ad read. Polymarket US is back in the United States at polymarket.us.Disclaimer:Eventual is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Nothing in this episode should be understood as financial, legal, investment, gambling, or trading advice. Hosts, guests, and viewers may hold positions in prediction markets and may change those positions at any time. Nothing here is an endorsement to buy, sell, or trade any market. Trade safe and follow all applicable laws and platform rules in your jurisdiction.If using Polymarket US, remember it is 18+ only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Trading is risky, and 100% loss can occur. Not available in all jurisdictions. See polymarket.com/tos for more information.  The authors may hold positions in prediction markets related to topics discussed in this article. Positions may change at any time without notice. The views expressed in this article represent the author’s analysis and opinion and are provided for informational purposes only. Nothing in this article should be construed as investment advice, trading advice, or a recommendation to enter into any transaction. For Polymarket US users:18+ Only. Restrictions and eligibility requirements apply. Not available in all jurisdictions. Trading is risky. 100% loss can occur. See polymarket.com/tos for more information. The Polymarket US App serves as an independent software provider and affiliate of Polymarket US and Polymarket Clearing, the CFTC-regulated exchange and clearing organization.