Weather or Not, Seven Days’ Winter Preview Is Here

In the age of online sports betting and prediction markets, there’s not much you can’t gamble on these days — including the weather. Kalshi, the morally challenged platform where users can wager on everything from the New York Jets to the deaths of world leaders, recently introduced a new game of chance to its virtual casino-of-the-damned: How much snow will Stowe Mountain Resort get before Christmas? The gimmick is marketed as a way for ski-town businesses to hedge their bets against paltry early-season snowfall by recouping revenue should snow be scarce in December — provided they guess correctly, of course. It’s one of many ski-industry wagers offered on resorts across the country. Snowfall concerns are top of mind this year amid gloomy predictions for a wet but warm winter — thanks a lot, El Niño. Which means the University of Vermont’s new high-tech snow-monitoring equipment might have less to do than expected.

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