{"id":816324,"date":"2026-05-23T07:02:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/816324\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T07:02:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:02:40","slug":"survivor-jeff-probst-slams-kalshi-and-polymarket-for-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/816324\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor: Jeff Probst Slams Kalshi and Polymarket for Spoilers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJeff Probst<\/a> is slamming prediction market platforms like Kalshi<\/a> and Polymarket<\/a> for allowing users to make trades about who won \u201cSurvivor<\/a>\u201d Season 50, saying that the companies are \u201cincentivizing people to lie, cheat and steal to get ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThey have figured out a way to capitalize on [the show],\u201d he tells Variety. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t sit well with me as a human. I get it \u2014 they built a great business. They don\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAubry Bracco wasn\u2019t officially crowned as the Sole Survivor of \u201cSurvivor 50\u201d until the finale on Wednesday night, but many fans were spoiled on her win in advance due to widely circulated reports about her odds on Kalshi and Polymarket. On both platforms, she was forecast to have above an 80% chance of winning before the season even premiered. By the finale, Kalshi\u2019s \u201cSurvivor\u201d market had reached a volume of $32.7 million, with Bracco at 97% odds.<\/p>\n

\n\tMoments before the finale debuted on Wednesday night, Kalshi sent out a push notification that read, \u201cSurvivor S50 finale TONIGHT. Aubry\u2019s at 97% \u2014\u00a0is the island already decided?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tProbst learned how much money was in Kalshi\u2019s \u201cSurvivor\u201d market, and that they\u2019d sent out the cheeky notification, for the first time while being interviewed by Variety. \u201cI\u2019m not happy about it,\u201d he said. \u201cI am learning this in real time \u2014 this is announced before our finale?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAubry Bracco on the \u201cSurvivor\u201d Season 50 finale<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Voets\/CBS<\/p>\n

\n\tAs reported by Variety<\/a>, Hollywood executives are concerned that the growing popularity of prediction markets is leading to insider trading and that widespread spoilers will reduce suspense and hurt their shows\u2019 ratings. But Kalshi is adamant that its ban on insider trading is being enforced effectively and that its \u201cSurvivor\u201d market has been thoroughly investigated. Executives at the company believe traders are drawing from public rumors on Reddit and other online communities \u2014 and while the anonymous people starting those rumors might be insiders breaking their NDAs, the traders listening to them are still following the law. Therefore, it\u2019s not up to Kalshi to crack down on them.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSurvivor\u201d cast and crew members all sign agreements that prohibit the use of insider knowledge for gambling or any monetary gain, and additional reminders \u2014 specifically mentioning Kalshi and Polymarket \u2014 were sent out during the release of Season 50. CBS is also incorporating language about prediction markets in \u201cSurvivor\u201d contracts moving forward.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut Probst maintains that it\u2019s unfair to put the onus on networks and studios to manage the spread of these spoilers. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cClearly, if 90% of the people are voting for somebody, there\u2019s a leak. But to look at us, the producers, as though we have a problem, is the mirror pointing in the wrong direction,\u201d he says. \u201c[Prediction market platforms] are the ones with the problem, not us. We went and made our show in a vacuum, and we keep it very tightly contained, but if you are foolish and naive enough to not think that somebody might leak it, that\u2019s your problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe continues: \u201cIf the idea is that \u2018Survivor\u2019 needs to do a better job of managing our spoilers, you just don\u2019t know anything about humans. That\u2019s ridiculous. You\u2019re telling me there\u2019s a way I can make money by sharing information I have, and I might not ever get caught? Of course, people are going to do that. And if I found out somebody on our show bet on this, they\u2019d be fired.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a new statement, Kalshi spokesperson Elisabeth Diana emphasizes the company\u2019s position that prediction markets can be additive to the reality TV experience, creating excitement rather than stifling viewership. But the company is now taking Probst\u2019s concerns to heart.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIf the market volume on \u2018Survivor\u2019 is any indication, this isn\u2019t something that\u2019s stopping people from caring about \u2018Survivor,’\u201d Diana says. \u201cThat being said, we\u2019re looking at adding product features to prevent spoilers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeff Probst is slamming prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket for allowing users to make trades about…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":816325,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,171,133199,127320,33109,4478,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-816324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-jeff-probst","tag-kalshi","tag-polymarket","tag-survivor","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116622613608429206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}