I propose to discuss bets on political events in this topic. Some bookmaker organizations offer such bets. In order not to engage in their advertising, I will not mention their names, but you can easily find them on the Internet using various queries such as “Betting on political events” or even “Betting on non-sports events”. Strictly speaking, political betting is a type of betting on non-sports events. I don’t know whether the moderator will allow this topic to remain in gambling discussions or move it to the politics section. But in my opinion, it is more logical to leave this topic here, because despite political forecasts, we are talking specifically about gambling.
Why has betting become a symbol of sports games? This is not true. We can argue about any event - political, musical, economic, even esoteric. However, political events, such as elections in the United States, have the greatest liquidity. Perhaps a separate topic should be created for non-sports disputes that are also not political.
Here I propose to discuss all political events in all countries on which bets are placed, and not just political events in the United States.
I think there's a case to be had regarding this matter. Are you part of the election as a candidate and then you're found to be making bets on who's going to win in the election? That's going to suck cause now you just did some transgression that would lead to you getting pulled out of the candidacy and the run, are you a commoner who wants to make some quick cash out of the whole ordeal by betting on the candidate that you're gonna vote for anyway? By all means, do so.
I think the US has a lot of leeway when it comes to electoral/political betting, since it doesn't necessarily undermine the integrity of the election itself in any way whatsoever, but I personally understand why other countries may be so strict with how they deal with this. Elections are kind of sacred in a way after all, cause it's a testament to how millions of people could unite towards a common goal.