What is the fee on Kalshi for this market?

At the current typical price of 34¢, about 2¢ per contract (7% × price × (1 − price), rounded up, on orders that take liquidity). On a $50 trade that is about $2.31.

What win rate do I need to break even?

About 36% if you hold to settlement, against a market price of 34%. The gap is the fee.

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Pro Basketball White House Attend on Kalshi

If the New York Pro Basketball team visits the White House in Washington D.C. and is confirmed by any of the Source Agencies after Issuance and before Dec 31, 2026, then the market resolves to Yes.

Settles on: Semafor, ABC, Bloomberg, NBC, The Washington Post, Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Reuters, The Information, Politico, Axios, MSNBC, CNN, the New York Times, CBS.

Market says (typical open contract)

34%

Median YES price across 1 open contract, 10 Nov 2026 17:55 UTC.

Real-world odds

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No independent base rate yet. Until we connect one (sportsbook consensus, forecasts, the score), the market's own price is the best public forecast, and the fee sits on top of it.

Luck needed meter

68% 😈

Half luck. The favorite is clear, the fee is not small, and the payout on the favorite is thin.

The cover charge

Fee and break-even by purchase price
If you buy at	Fee per contract	On $50	Win rate to break even
30¢	1.5¢	$2.45	31.5%
34¢ (now)	1.6¢	$2.31	35.6%
50¢	1.8¢	$1.75	51.7%
70¢	1.5¢	$1.05	71.5%
90¢	0.6¢	$0.35	90.6%

Resting orders pay no fee on this series. Formula: 7% × contracts × price × (1 − price), rounded up, on orders that take liquidity. Break-even assumes you hold to settlement; trading out early pays the fee twice.

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Open contracts right now

Open contracts in this series with price, implied probability, volume and close time
Contract	YES price	Implied	Fee at this price	Real-world odds	Luck needed	Volume	Closes
Will the New York Pro Basketball team visit the White House before Dec 31, 2026? · New York Pro Basketball team to visit the White House	34¢	34%	1.6¢	—	68%	20,395	Dec 31, 04:59 UTC

Who actually wins this market

Whoever posts the resting orders and collects the spread without paying a fee.
The venue, on every fee.
Not, on average, the person clicking buy because the chart is going their way. That was us.

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