{"id":2438,"date":"2026-03-01T22:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/kalshi-voids-some-bets-on-khameneis-ouster-because-its-directly-tied-to-death\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T22:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T18:06:10","slug":"kalshi-voids-some-bets-on-khameneis-ouster-because-its-directly-tied-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/kalshi-voids-some-bets-on-khameneis-ouster-because-its-directly-tied-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalshi voids some bets on Khamenei\u2019s ouster because it\u2019s \u2018directly tied to death\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kalshi logo on a green background.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/STKB383_KALSHI_A.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">In a statement on X, Kalshi CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mansourtarek_\/status\/2027924240926638323\" target=\"_blank\">Tarek Mansour<\/a> said his company would pay out positions on \u00ab\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kalshi.com\/markets\/kxkhameneiout\/ali-khamenei-out\/kxkhameneiout-akha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ali Khamenei out as Supreme Leader?<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb at the last trading price before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/policy\/887055\/trump-iran-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-has-killed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his death<\/a>. Mansour said that Kalshi doesn&rsquo;t \u00ab\u00a0list markets directly tied to death\u00a0\u00bb and that its rules are designed to \u00ab\u00a0prevent people from profiting from death.\u00a0\u00bb In addition, Kalshi is refunding fees related to the market and reimbursing anyone who purchased shares after Khamenei&rsquo;s death. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Some users have voiced anger at how the situation was handled, claiming that either Kalshi&rsquo;s rules should have been <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dvldog0352\/status\/2027927172082766049\" target=\"_blank\">communicated more clearly<\/a>, or that its markets should have been more narrowly wor \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/887210\/kalshi-void-bets-khamenei-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement on X, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour said his company would pay out positions on 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