This week, 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper reported on Polymarket , a prediction market where users can bet against each other on the outcome of future events like football games, political elections, or even celebrity pregnancy announcements.

The Polymarket website features up to 15 categories of markets that users can bet on. The markets are often presented as questions, like "#1 Searched Actor on Google this year?" or "Xi Jinping out before 2027?"

Bettors can bet "Yes" or "No" on an outcome. The betting odds – or predictions – are prominently displayed next to each question, and also presented below on a graph, showing how the odds change over time. Rules for each market are spelled out too.

Polymarket bettors can potentially win — or lose — serious money by betting on pol

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