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For the First Time in Decades, Americans Can Bet on Election Outcomes

A federal judge has given the Kalshi platform the green light to offer the bets.

Linda Coan O'Kresik/The Bangor Daily News via AP
A woman votes alone among a large group of stations at the Cross Insurance Center during Maine's presidential primary elections Tuesday. Linda Coan O'Kresik/The Bangor Daily News via AP
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Americans will be able to bet on the outcome of this year’s presidential election after a federal judge at Washington, D.C. ruled that a regulatory agency overstepped its authority when it barred a betting firm from offering contracts. 

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