Online bettors spent over $40 million gambling on the identity of the next pope—one winner made $52,000 on a longshot

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Many people tried to predict who the new pope would be, even putting money on it. Few expected him to be an American from Chicago.
Bettors poured more than $40 million into the most recent papal conclave, on just two prediction market platforms: over $30 million on Polymarket, according…

This story appeared on cnbc.com, 2025-05-10 13:45:01.
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