{"id":179122,"date":"2025-09-24T18:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/179122\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T18:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T18:41:10","slug":"south-park-takes-on-prediction-markets-and-traders-are-already-betting-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/179122\/","title":{"rendered":"‘South Park’ Takes On Prediction Markets\u2014And Traders Are Already Betting On It"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the midst of a headline-grabbing season that\u2019s taken aim at all manner of timely and controversial subjects, South Park has found its latest target: prediction markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The latest episode of the hit animated series, due to air Wednesday night, will center on prediction markets and their incessant popularity among young people, Comedy Central announced earlier today.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The episode, titled \u201cConflict of Interest,\u201d will specifically center on a rift that emerges between characters Cartman and Kyle when a popular prediction market app takes over their school.<\/p>\n

Already, and perhaps proving the point of the show\u2019s creators, crypto-backed prediction markets have jumped on the opportunity to financialize the finer points of tonight\u2019s episode.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One Myriad market currently has odds at 31.7%<\/a> that the episode will mention an existing prediction market\u2014either Myriad itself, Polymarket, or Kalshi\u2014by name. Roughly $11,400 has been wagered on the bet as of this writing. (Disclaimer: Myriad is a product of Decrypt\u2019s parent company, DASTAN.)<\/p>\n

On Polymarket, users are wagering on the likelihood that other certain words are mentioned in the show tonight, including \u201cpredict\u201d or \u201cprediction\u201d 10-plus times (71% odds), \u201cBroncos\u201d (49% odds), \u201cTrump\u201d three-plus times (45% odds) and \u201cdildo\u201d (55% odds).<\/p>\n

Despite the connectivity between prediction markets and cryptocurrency\u2014which fuels the backend of platforms like Polymarket and Myriad)\u2014odds of South Park mentioning \u201ccrypto\u201d or \u201cBitcoin\u201d tonight currently stand at only 31%. The market has so far accumulated only $2,000 in volume.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Based on photos released by Comedy Central earlier today, tonight\u2019s South Park episode will continue to depict a fictional plotline involving President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing love affair with, and recent impregnation of, Satan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though South Park has long embraced controversy in its 28-year run, its recent skewering of the Trump administration has received particular attention given recent tensions between the White House and major broadcasters over freedom of speech.<\/p>\n

Fartcoin Dives 28% in a Week\u2014Myriad Users Are Bearish on a Rebound This Year<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week, ABC suspended late night host Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s show indefinitely after the head of Trump\u2019s FTC threatened to revoke the network\u2019s broadcasting license over comments Kimmel made about the alleged killer of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Kimmel\u2019s show returned Tuesday evening, though some regional stations refused to air it.<\/p>\n

Paramount, which owns Comedy Central, also appears to be making moves to avoid political controversy. Days after Kirk\u2019s killing, the studio opted to pull an episode of South Park from earlier this season that mocked the podcaster and his engagements on college campuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Could South Park\u2019s antics risk the entire show being pulled off the air in the current political climate? There\u2019s a market for that, too. Kalshi says the odds sit currently at just 7%.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the midst of a headline-grabbing season that\u2019s taken aim at all manner of timely and controversial subjects,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[28,4207,112,57665,106310],"class_list":{"0":"post-179122","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-markets","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-comedy-central","10":"tag-markets","11":"tag-prediction-markets","12":"tag-south-park-episode"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}