Polymarket’s Next Bet: A Bar for Watching Global Chaos

A new D.C. hangout will celebrate real‑time betting on current events—even as states and lawmakers question whether the prediction market industry has gone too far.

BY MELISSA ANGELL, SENIOR STAFF WRITER @MELISSKAWRITES

Polymarket is planning to open a splashy new bar in the nation’s capital dedicated to what the prediction platform does best: Monitoring current events in real-time. It will be called “The Situation Room,” in a cheeky nod to the West Wing crisis hub. 

“Imagine a sports bar… but just for situation monitoring – live X feeds, flight radar, Bloomberg terminals, and Polymarket screens,” Polymarket wrote in a post published........

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