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.
¡°We want to be a part of the conversation in DC, and where better to have a conversation than in a bar,¡± the company¡¯s chief legal officer, Neil Kumar, said at an event for reporters outside the venue.
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