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Infiniti Intelligence Hourly Briefing — Oct 13, 2026 · 5:09 PM ET

2 stories in this edition: Netanyahu out by end of 2026 climbs to 43% on $124.5M traded on Polymarket · Avalanche favored at 54% over the Stars in tonight's Kalshi NHL market

Netanyahu out by end of 2026 climbs to 43% on $124.5M traded on Polymarket

Quiet quarter-hour — no significant new platform headline in the last 15 minutes, so this fresh political/world mover leads, in a different category from the last three…

Polymarket pricing for Netanyahu to leave office by the end of 2026 rose to 43% from 39% on Monday morning, according to newsbeep.com. The market has recorded $124.5 million in trading volume, with Yes quoted at 43% (+133) and No at 60% (-150).

The key dates are Israel’s Oct. 27 election and Nov. 4, when official results are due to be confirmed. But the year-end market hinges on more than the vote: whether a successor government can take office before Jan. 1 is central to the outcome.

Polling leaves coalition control unresolved

A Kan survey published on Sunday put Netanyahu’s coalition at 53 seats, Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc at 50 and the Arab parties at 13, newsbeep.com reported. A majority requires 61 seats. Eisenkot’s Yashar party led Likud by 22 seats to 20, even as his bloc lost two seats over a week.

An average of four polls placed the two blocs at about 52 seats each. Meanwhile, Likud officials cited by the Jerusalem Post privately discussed securing 55 to 56 seats—enough, according to the reporting, to prevent a rival coalition from forming.

Choosing a successor is not the same as replacing Netanyahu by December

A separate Polymarket contract on who will be prime minister after the election has attracted $45.8 million in trading. Eisenkot leads that market at 48%, followed by Netanyahu at 31% and Naftali Bennett at 15%, according to newsbeep.com.

The different deadlines help explain why those prices need not align with the year-end departure contract. A former Israeli government spokesman told Fox News that deadlock was the most likely outcome, leaving Netanyahu as caretaker prime minister until a new government is sworn in. Israel held five elections between 2019 and 2022, underscoring the relevance of prolonged coalition negotiations.

What it means for prediction markets

  • Timing is a separate uncertainty. An opposition election victory would not alone establish that Netanyahu leaves office before the year-end deadline.
  • Coalition arithmetic remains pivotal. Neither bloc is polling at the 61-seat majority threshold; Eisenkot’s bloc has 50 seats in the Kan survey without the Arab parties.
  • The contracts measure different outcomes. Eisenkot’s 48% price in the post-election prime minister market is not directly interchangeable with the 43% price for Netanyahu’s departure by the end of 2026.
  • The quoted prices require care. Newsbeep.com reports Yes at 43% and No at 60%; those figures should not be presented as a complementary probability split.
  1. Newsbeep (newsbeep.com)https://www.newsbeep.com/768967/

Avalanche favored at 54% over the Stars in tonight's Kalshi NHL market

Action Network's featured Kalshi board for Tuesday, Oct. 13 prices Colorado at 54%, at 52c, against Dallas, on a loaded NHL slate that also sits alongside Game 2 of the…

The Colorado Avalanche hold a narrow advantage over the Dallas Stars in the Kalshi market featured by Action Network for Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. The board lists Colorado at 54%, alongside a price of 52c, ahead of tonight’s NHL matchup.

Those figures indicate a modest lean toward Colorado, not an overwhelming favorite. The supplied summary reports both the percentage and the price but does not explain the difference between them.

Hockey shares the schedule with postseason baseball

According to Action Network, Tuesday’s sports-market lineup includes a busy NHL schedule as well as Game 2 of the ALCS. Colorado–Dallas is therefore one part of a broader evening of hockey and baseball contracts.

Action Network’s page was last updated on Oct. 13, 2026, at 10:01 AM EDT. The supplied material does not include a price history, trading volume or an explanation for Colorado’s edge, limiting what can be concluded about the strength or direction of market sentiment.

What it means for prediction markets

  • Colorado has a limited edge: The reported 54% places the Avalanche ahead of Dallas, while leaving substantial uncertainty about the outcome.
  • Keep the figures distinct: The listed 54% and 52c should not be treated as identical observations; the supplied material does not reconcile them.
  • No trend is established: Without earlier prices or volume data, the snapshot does not show whether support for Colorado is rising or falling.
  1. Actionnetwork (actionnetwork.com)https://www.actionnetwork.com/prediction-markets/promo-codes/kalshi

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