Someone just bet $83,896 against "Will the Cleveland win the 2026 Pro Basketball Finals?", purchasing NO contracts at 99¢ on Kalshi's KXNBA-26-CLE market. The trade consisted of 84,743 NO contracts at $0.99 each, totaling $83,895.57. The NO side was offered at 99¢ ask with no resting liquidity in the book, meaning the trade executed against a thin market with no measurable slippage reported. The YES side currently prices at 3¢, implying roughly a 3% probability that Cleveland wins the 2026 Pro Basketball Finals.
📊 Last 200 trades: 200 trades over 11.9 hours (8:57 AM to 8:48 PM ET), NO volume leads $253,983 to $7,807, price holding near 3¢. One $83,896 NO trade (84,743 contracts) accounts for 32% of the flow.
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