Iowa Electronic Markets
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A research project at the University of Iowa that pioneered prediction markets for forecasting election outcomes.
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What prediction markets must fix to remove the “gambling” label
TechCabal - Oct 07, 2026
The Iowa Electronic Markets, launched for the 1988 US elections, demonstrated that prediction markets could forecast outcomes better than traditional polling. A 2008 study found that prediction markets were closer to the final election results 74% of the time compared to 964 national polls.
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