1Win Markets Review: The New Prediction Platform That’s Taking On Polymarket
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The betting market has been growing at an incredible rate recently. Ever since Polymarket proved during the 2024 US elections (when the stakes for Trump’s victory were extremely high) that crowdsourced forecasting can compete with, and sometimes even surpass, public opinion polls, expert opinion, and statistical models, the race to create the next major forecasting platform has intensified. New players are constantly emerging, each seeking to grab a piece of a market that until recently barely existed in the public consciousness.
Today, we review 1Win Markets, one of the most interesting forecasting platforms recently launched as a separate section within the broader 1Win ecosystem (which already includes sports betting, esports, casino, and poker). Markets is essentially 1Win’s direct response to Polymarket. It allows users to bet on real outcomes in a surprisingly wide range of categories: politics, sports, technology, space, cryptocurrency, culture, and even celebrities. The format will immediately seem familiar to anyone who has used Polymarket: binary yes/no questions, multiplier-based odds, volume, and bet count indicators are all prominently displayed.
But that does not mean it is the same, of course! Having said that, and then having spent a bit of time getting the feel for the platform, taking some test bets, and directly comparing it to the Polymarket platform, I think I understand the good, the bad, and the intended audience of 1Win Markets quite well.
Let’s dig deeper, let’s dive in.
The Big Picture: What Is 1Win Markets?
1Win prediction platform interface.
Fundamentally, 1Win Markets is a prediction market that is part of the 1Win betting system. Unlike other prediction markets that are decentralized and independent applications, 1Win Markets is part of the 1Win system, which includes traditional sports betting markets and live betting markets.
The markets are grouped into eight different categories: Top (a selection of the most popular markets within each of the other categories), Politics, Sports, Culture, Technology, Space, Cryptocurrency, and Celebrities. There is also a filter button and “My Bets.”
Categories and Market Depth
Let’s take a closer look at what each category actually offers:
1Win Polytics sections inteface
Politics is by far the largest category on the platform. Here, you can find a variety of bets: for example, on whether France, Germany, or the UK will strike Iran, whether the Iranian regime will fall by a certain date, whether the US and Iran will declare a ceasefire, whether Putin will meet with Trump or Zelensky, and whether a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine will be reached by a certain deadline.
Beyond geopolitical heavyweights, the “Politics” section covers more specific topics, including the Epstein case (whether the client list will be published, whether anyone will be jailed), Trump and Greenland, whether Trump will resign before 2027, and so on. Some of these bets reach hundreds of thousands of dollars, with volumes reaching six figures. The Putin-Trump betting market alone has seen a volume of $2 million with over 364,000 bets, indicating the large number of users already testing the platform’s functionality.
The platform also covers several other categories: Technology (e.g. Telegram ban in Russia, expected price of GTA VI), Cryptocurrency (BTC/SOL/ETH price markets, US Bitcoin reserve, Meta stablecoin), Culture (Eurovision 2026 winner, highest-grossing film of the year), and Celebrities.
How the Odds System Works
The key difference between the two is that 1Win Markets uses the multiplier system instead of the share price system used by Polymarket. On Polymarket, you are able to purchase shares at a price between $0.01 and $0.99. If your prediction is correct, then each share pays out $1.00.
It is the same calculation; it is just presented in a different way. The multiplier system will make sense to people who have a greater traditional sports betting background, whereas the share price system will make sense to people who have a greater traditional trading background. Again, it is not really any better or worse than the other; it is just that the multiplier system has the advantage of making the payout immediately clear. It says x31, and it is immediately clear that if you put a $10 bet in, then the payout is $310, without any calculation required.
There are also figures for the total dollar volume and the total number of bets, which serve as a kind of proxy for confidence in the markets. When you are looking at markets that have hundreds of thousands of bets and six figures in terms of dollar volumes, it tells you that a lot of people are putting a lot of money on a particular outcome, and as such, the odds are a little more informative.
1Win Markets vs. Polymarket
Polymarket is a decentralized prediction market that operates on the Polygon blockchain. It is a non-custodial order book-based prediction market that allows users to trade fractions of outcomes. It is the de facto standard in crypto-focused prediction markets. The advantages include high visibility due to the Trump election victory, high liquidity during significant political and economic events, a robust API, transparent blockchain settlement, and a strong brand within DeFi.
Instead of Polymarket, 1Win Markets is a centralized and custodial market and is part of the gambling system. The advantages are the variety of market categories and the user interface, which is more accessible to Web 2 users.
In terms of decentralization, Polymarket is the winner because your money is stored in your wallet, and the oracle system settles the market. With 1Win Markets, you are placing your trust in the system to store your money and settle the market fairly. It is up to you to make the choice.
Conclusion
The prediction market is expanding beyond its crypto-focused audience, and 1Win Markets is one of the most compelling attempts to bridge the gap between traditional online betting and the Polymarket-style prediction model. It won’t replace Polymarket for DeFi users, nor does it aim to. Its goal is to fill a gap between these markets, offering a betting audience not only traditional betting but also event betting.
If 1Win continues to expand its market offerings (especially in less popular categories) and maintains fair, transparent dispute-resolution processes, Markets has a real chance of becoming a significant player in the prediction market.
Is it a “Polymarket killer”? No. But it doesn’t need to be. The prediction market is growing quickly enough that there’s room for platforms targeting different audience segments. 1Win Markets targets the largest segment of everyday players who want to predict the future, not just bet on the next game, and it does so surprisingly well.
