Polymarket Is Opening a Free Grocery Store in New York City

Newly minted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on the promise of free city-run grocery stores. But randomly, sports betting platforms — or to use the politically correct term, "prediction markets" — have beaten him to it. Randomly, Kalshi gave away groceries for three hours on February 3 at a grocery store in the East Village, presumably to the delight of the neighborhood's NYU and New School students.

Now, Polymarket is one-upping them, announcing a five-day free grocery pop-up...