{"id":5091,"date":"2026-07-16T20:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5091"},"modified":"2026-07-16T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T20:35:47","slug":"white-house-teleprompter-operator-bet-on-trump-speeches-kalshi-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=5091","title":{"rendered":"White House teleprompter operator bet on Trump speeches, Kalshi says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A White House teleprompter operator used his position to win around $100,000 by placing bets on the prediction market Kalshi about what President Donald Trump would say in his speeches, the company said Thursday. <\/span><\/p>\n

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It was the latest accusation that someone had used inside information to make a profit on a prediction market such as Kalshi and Polymarket, which have grown rapidly and transformed into cultural phenomena. <\/span><\/p>\n

In this case, Kalshi said Gabriel Perez, a technical assistant to Trump, had placed wagers on common words that would appear in the president\u2019s speeches, such as country names and economic terms. In March, when Kalshi\u2019s surveillance systems flagged some of Perez\u2019s trades, the company froze the funds in his account and referred the case to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that regulates prediction markets. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Perez is in discussions with federal regulators to settle allegations that he used his inside knowledge of the president\u2019s speeches to place the bets and has been cooperative, a person with knowledge of the talks said. <\/span><\/p>\n

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