Kalshi Suspends Republican House Candidate for Betting on Her Own Race

The trading platform Kalshi issued a three-year suspension to the candidate, Laurie Buckhout, and fined her nearly $2,600. Ms. Buckhout said she had made a “dumb mistake.”

Laurie Buckhout, who is running in a House battleground district, wrote in a statement to Newsweek that she made a "dumb mistake."

Prediction market Kalshi has suspended GOP House candidate Laurie Buckhout from its platform for three years, after it determined she wagered on her own race.  After launching her candidacy in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District last December, Buckhout purchased less than $1,000 worth of contracts related to he

North Carolina Republican hopeful Col. Laurie Buckhout, who is vying in a swing district, got reprimanded Monday for placing a bet on Kalshi about her campaign.

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