Polymarket took over a bar near the White House, for a promotional event showcasing the prediction market’s vision of betting on current events as a new form of entertainment.
The Situation Room, as Polymarket is calling it, will be open for a single weekend, with rows of TVs on the walls and above the bar, showing newscasts and financial tickers. A human-sized globe covered in screens displayed the odds from Polymarket’s exchange, where users bet on the outcomes of elections, sports and military conflict.
The Situation Room by Polymarket pop-up bar in Washington on March 20.
Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg
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