Overview
- Polymarket has dropped its app waitlist and is running $50 invite codes such as OREGON and CUSE that require entering the code during registration and making a first $20 deposit to unlock the bonus.
- Kalshi is active with multiple state-verified promo codes, including OREGONLIVE1 for a $10 bonus and ALCOM15 for $15, both of which require identity verification and set deposit or trade minimums before credit is granted.
- Both platforms list state-by-state eligibility and common exclusions, and bonuses often come as non-withdrawable credit that expires if unused after a set window.
- Live market prices show elevated World Cup trading interest, with Kalshi and Polymarket markets pricing Colombia at roughly 79–81% to advance versus Ghana at about 20–21%, reflecting where new liquidity is flowing.
- Prediction markets let users buy and sell outcome contracts priced as probabilities rather than bet against a house, and Kalshi’s federal regulation by the CFTC is cited as a legal pathway in states where sportsbook access varies, but both platforms warn that trading carries the risk of loss.