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      <title>Prediction Markets Now Sponsor Four Videos for Every Ten From Sportsbooks. In July It Was One.</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:55:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Weekly prediction-market sponsored videos more than quadrupled between late July and late September, while sportsbook and DFS volume grew about a fifth. The gap between the two markets is closing faster than the sportsbook side is growing.</description>
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      <title>PrizePicks Sponsors Far More Videos. Why Is Underdog Getting More Views Per Video?</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:06:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>PrizePicks put its brand in almost five times as many sponsored videos as Underdog Fantasy in September. Underdog’s videos drew about 50% more views each, and for most of the year the gap was far wider.</description>
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      <title>Polymarket Went From a Tenth of Prediction-Market Ad Views to Nearly Half in One Month</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:02:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>From April to August, Kalshi drew close to nine in ten views on prediction-market sponsored videos. In September Polymarket’s share jumped to 46%, while it sponsored fewer than half as many videos as Kalshi.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:05:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>In September, 23 creators who had been sponsored by sportsbook and DFS brands took a prediction-market sponsor for the first time. Only one went the other way. Kalshi and Polymarket are recruiting from the talent pool sportsbooks built.</description>
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