New Delhi, Oct. 14 -- Users on prediction market Kalshi have bet on United States shutdown exceeding 35 days. If they are right, it would be the longest such stalemate for the US government in history.

Punters on prediction markets are betting big money that the United States government shutdown will last for more than 35 days. Later this number jumped to 37.5 days. At time of writing, the prediction was at 33.8 days.

In a post on X, the official Kalshi account stated, "The US government shutdown is now forecasted to last more than 35 days. This would make it the longest in history."

Notably, the longest US government shutdown happened the last time Donald Trump was President, and lasted 35 days.

Kalshi is a prediction market that all...