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TV antennas and Super Bowl rehearsals: How prediction market traders seek an edge

Singer Charlie Puth performs the national anthem ahead of this year

As prediction markets boom, competition is heating up. So traders go the extra mile for a fraction-of-a-second advantage or to sleuth out information nobody else has. It can lead to a huge payday.

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