The continued existence of lotteries is a demonstration of how little intuition humans have for probability. On some level, ...

Anonymous bettor wins more than $400,000 on Polymarket after correctly predicting Nicolás Maduro's capture, placing over ...

Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big ...

Will a $2 ticket make you a millionaire this holiday season? As they say in the lottery business, "it could happen to you." After one lucky ticket from a Circle K convenience store matched all six ...

Nov. 15, 2025, Florida Lotto ticket from Circle K convenience store in Pensacola, Florida, matched all 6 numbers and is worth $3.75 million. Prizes for Florida Lottery games must be claimed within 180 ...

The group, Coalition for Prediction Markets (CPM), comes as the U.S. prediction market has boomed since the start of the year. A federal court's dismissal last year of a prohibition on election ...

FanDuel is preparing to launch its “FanDuel Predicts” prediction market as a standalone app, starting with a basic product in a limited number of states. The platform is a partnership with CME Group, ...

MLB held its fourth annual draft lottery at the winter meetings in Orlando on Tuesday, and the Chicago White Sox landed the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 MLB draft. It's still very early in the draft ...

While growing evidence shows that carbon emissions are harming the economy, the journal Nature found that an outlier paper had deep flaws. By Lydia DePillis In April 2024, the prestigious journal ...

The fund-raising effort, the company’s third this year, values it at $11 billion, and comes amid stiff competition in the increasingly popular industry. By Michael J. de la Merced The surging ...