More Than $116 Million Has Already Been Bet on the Oscars — and It’s Only Friday Afternoon

As of 1 p.m. Et on Friday, March 13, 2026, $54.8 million had been bet on the Oscars on prediction-market website Kashi. At about the same hour, on competitor Polymarket, $61.4 million was already on the line(s). Bets will grow “exponentially” over the weekend, a Kalshi rep tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Among the top prop bets on Kalshi, “Who will attend the Oscars?” has a lot of action. There, you can choose the locks, like Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams (he’s already been reported as attending, for some reason), One Battle After Another star Leonardo DiCaprio, or Kylie Jenner, who is Timothée Chalamet’s (Marty Supreme) partner.

Zendaya is another probable attendant, perhaps as a presenter or to support partner Tom Holland in his Marvel Cinematic Universe reunion — or both. Sean Penn (One Battle After Another), Olivia Jade (Jacob Elordi’s partner), Hailee Steinfeld (not a nominee, but a star of the heavily-nominated Sinners), Ryan Gosling,…