A new breed of websites allows average citizens to engage in a subtle form of election gambling | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Washington (dpa) – Websites that let people bet on elections and other political events are capturing the imaginations of ever more people in the US political landscape. PredictIt.com, a year-old site where people can bet on future outcomes in politics, is one of the portals that has drawn attention in US media, which increasingly cites its…