"When you look at the top of the top people in political betting, these are extremely smart, sharp, high IQ people.
To even manage a bankroll and not go bankrupt you have to be pretty good.
So by the time you are someone who can make steady returns, even hope to make
"As someone who has worked at a high level in politics, I can say without hesitation that the amount of thought the average political gambler puts into what is happening exceeds that of a full-time, salaried political operative. @PredictIt players just do it better." — @keendawg
“It’s got to be frustrating for someone as substantive as @SenCortezMasto to be running against such a hollow man who essentially is only competitive because of the so-called red wave atmospherics and the fact that we’re a purple state.”— @RalstonReportsstarspangledgamblers.com/2022/09/06/jon…
NOMINATIONS FOR 2024 GOLDEN MODELOS
Every year, SSG hosts the Golden Modelos, an award show for the best and worst of political gambling.
We are accepting nominations for 2023 for the categories below.
Please post your nominations below or DM us.
"The one thing academics won't give up on is the claim that the people they are now celebrating through jobs, publications, or grants are the people that, in the future, when we look back in a century or two, will be said to have been the important people.
They won't let go of
"@Kalshi's problem is not @Polymarket, it's not
@PredictIt, it's not anyone else. Their problem is that no one knows what political gambling is in the first place. I think they are actually helped by having competitors & having a growing industry."
- @pjchougule
"For all that conservatives bitch about left-wing, elite media, let's be honest. There's not even one right-wing alternative that does even half-way serious reporting." — @pjchougule
WORST TRADE
— @ZoltarSSG: Election 2022 Cheat Sheet
— @FlipPidot: 2022 Red Wave side bets
— Ricardo: unpaid shorts on @JDVance1 in OH primary in side bets with PPPP
— @barnes_law: traveling to the UK to bet on Republicans
— @pjchougule: no full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine