If you are a fan of women’s sports, particularly one who enjoys fantasy games or sports betting, odds are you have seen ads for prediction markets such as Kalshi or Polymarket. Until recently, I had mostly ignored those ads. I am comfortable enough with my sports betting and didn’t feel the need to dip into something unfamiliar. One of the major advantages of prediction markets is that they often include things like economics, politics and weather, but I am content in my women’s sports bubble. Even so, those markets have plenty to offer fans of women’s sports as well, if you know where to look.

One of the things I like about prediction markets is that they give me more opportunities to try to use my knowledge of womens sports to make some predictions. Currently, most betting sites are offering two WNBA bets: WNBA Champion and MVP. Interestingly enough, DraftKings also has odds for Coach of the Year. I actually don’t hate Alex Sarama’s odds, but we’ll have plenty of time to talk about that when the season gets closer. We will also get more odds when the season gets closer, for more awards as well as statistically leaders, over/unders and even some player prop bets. Still, it would be nice to have more than two or three things for WNBA fans to bet on.

If you look at the prediction markets for WNBA, there are some more offerings. If you have a strong feeling about when the WNBA and the WNBPA will agree to a new CBA, there are markets for that. I think I would probably predict they reach an agreement before March 31, and probably avoid missing any regular-season games, but I’m pretty much just guessing.

There are also markets for which players will be the top pick in the WNBA draft and which players go in the top 3.

I don’t pay a ton of attention to college basketball so I probably will avoid those markets,  as well as the markets for how far teams will go in the NCAA tournament, but I like that they are options. Currently on Kalshi, 12 teams are given an 84% or better chance of making the Round of 16. I suspect there will be a couple more upsets than that, though I’m not sure which ones I would choose.

I was surprised to see there weren’t more NWSL markets, though there were more for women’s soccer in Europe. Hopefully, as it gets closer, there will be more NWSL markets. I did see one market for whether or not Trinity Rodman would play in the NWSL this year. That market isn’t particularly interesting now that Rodman has a new contract and is reportedly fine following an injury scare this week, but it was far more interesting in the offseason when the league and the team and the players association were fighting over how much money Rodman could get to not play in the WSL.

As prediction markets and women’s sports continue to gain in popularity, I think we will see a lot more markets across all sports. For fans like myself who are always looking for more ways to stay engaged with women’s sports, these markets could offer a nice alternative to traditional sports betting and fantasy games. I will certainly keep an eye out for interesting markets going forward, especially once the NWSL and WNBA seasons are underway.